After reading Camille and the Sunflowers, I had the kids try their hand at recreating Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” using an idea from Deep Space Sparkle. They turned out GREAT!! The directions in a nutshell: Use a pencil to draw a vase, table line and the flowers. Go over all or most pencil lines with a…
I have a collection of really great paintings and pictures that I’ve torn from magazines and books over the years. One of last week’s rainy and cold afternoons called for something to occupy the restless troops. They chose one of the paintings, cut it in half, pasted one half on a piece of cardstock and…
Pierre August Renoir Artist Study Resources Picking Flowers Websites To Visit Biography for Kids Renoir Gallery *Warning: Preview these as Renoir painted many nudes! Books To Read We have LOVED Renoir! In this week’s lesson, the children chose Renoir’s painting below (Oarsmen at Chatou) to try to replicate. Mahayla’s Caleb’s
Wagner Composer Study Resources Did you know Renoir painted a portrait of Wagner? Classics For Kids Biography Listen
Our Bach study… Johann Sebastian Bach Classics For Kids Listen to Bach
We have SO enjoyed studying Mary Cassatt! Mary Cassatt Art Work Gallery Jimmie’s Squidoo Lens
The time has come to set out some winter learning centers. Even though the kids get outside almost everyday still, it’s just too cold to stay out for long. Without friendly reminders around the house, one of my sweet children will do nothing but beg to watch the TV for hours. So, in different places…
This was our second week studying nativities of various artists. After seeing this nativity silhouette project from That Artist Woman, I just knew it would be perfect for our study. Here are our silhouettes as we listened to Handel’s “Messiah” for a little composer study.
These turned out so cute, and they were fairly easy for a beginning to intermediate sewing project. Draw the shape onto a piece of felt, making it about 1/4″ bigger than you’d like the finished product to be. Double the felt and cut out the front and back pieces at the same time. Decide…
Thanks to the ladies at the CM Artist Study group, I’ve found a wonderful site for various nativity scenes that we’ll use for art study this month. Each week, we’ll observe ALL of the paintings noticing different things each time like: realism colors feelings which ones capture the reverence best, or the joy best, etc…
For the last few weeks, we’ve been studying Degas and Tchaikovsky during our artist and composer time. For the study of Degas, we spent some time each Tuesday either reading a book about him, observing his artwork or doing an art project related to him. In studying Tchaikovsky, we took some time each week to listen to…
We did many projects to go along with our Colonial Life unit study, but this one tops the list. Not only were these embroidered hand prints a wonderful handicraft activity, they turned out beautifully, too. So much so, that they are gracing my mantle right now and I plan to hang them on the wall…
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