School has been out since the end of April, meaning all the school-related posts that I’ll be publishing soon are way overdue. Oh well, better late than never. Our summer vacation has been nothing short of a whirlwind so far, but I wouldn’t trade the busyness with my sweet family for anything! I’ll try to…
She might design a purse! Because of our Charlotte Mason style homeschool, I’ve encouraged handicrafts such as sewing, crocheting and knitting from the very beginning. I’ve enlisted the help of a 90+ year old neighbor, a grandmother and a 4-H sewing class – for, you see, I’m not good at any of these skills! Mahayla…
I LOVE 4-H! We have awesome extension agents and helpers who are very serious about helping kids learn! Mahayla was able to take a sewing class this semester where they made laundry bags, pillow cases, backpacks, garment hanging bags and a roll-up for accessories. We still have one more lesson where the girls will make…
We spent much of our month with Matisse completing art with scissors since Matisse’s later works were often collages or realistic and abstract art constructed from cuttings. The artwork below was actually harder than it looks. I asked the kids to use rulers to measure the desired sized blocks of color for the background. The…
Johannes Brahms Composer Study Resources
This was a fun little activity Eli and I did as we talked about March winds. It’s super simple, too. I colored water with food coloring then let him use an eye dropper to place colored dots on a piece of card stock. He used a straw to blow the colored water all over the…
We’ve been so immersed in our 1900’s history studies, that Charles Russell took a bit of a back seat this month. We did find the time to practice a little horse drawing, though. Enjoy the resources below! Charles Russell About Charles Russell Paintings We’re Studying Round-up on the Musselshell Lesson Ideas How to Draw a…
Robert Schumann Composer Study Resources Learn and Listen Classics for Kids Wikipedia
Seurat is such a fun artist to study! His use of pointillism was the biggest topic during the month, which made for some fun art projects. The painting above was an attempt at recreating an “Alfalfa” style painting (see below) with a mixture of strokes and styles. After using many different tools to create pointillism,…
Franz Schubert Composer Study Resources Learn and Listen Classics for Kids Kid’s Britannica Book We Read CD We Listened To
Gauguin was an interesting character! I can’t claim that he’s my favorite artist, but we still enjoyed our time spent with him this month. Self-Portraits Below are the resources that have been in the sidebar. We won’t be doing artist or composer study in December. I’ll have resources in the sidebar again in January! Paul…
We enjoyed Duke Ellington a lot! It was refreshing to hear a different style of music than we’ve been listening to so far this semester. Duke Ellington Composer Study Resources Making Music Fun – Biography and You Tube Performances PBS Kids Biography Books We Read CD’s We Listened To