Artist Study – Paul Cezanne
Our Cezanne study… Paul Cezanne Olga’s Gallery Lesson Ideas Cezanne Still-life Math Lesson for Older Students Cubism Lesson Books We’ll Read
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Beautician Sister Strikes Again
Caleb long ago stopped letting his big sister mess with his hair and nails. The unsuspecting two year old doesn’t have any idea the can of worms he just opened!
Cincinnati Art Museum Field Trip
Our homeschool group visited the Cincinnati Art Museum last week. What a wonderful trip!! We knew we’d see art and hoped we find art by a famous artist or two, but had no idea how many famous artist’s works they have. I’ve included a BUNCH of pictures, but this only scratches the surface of treasures…
Science Activity Bags
I can’t tell you how excited I am about the Science Experiements in a Bag exchange we had at co-op this week! Remember the preschool bags? The same company that sells the preschool activity bag idea book now has a science experiment bag idea book! My big kids can’t wait to dive into these!…
Co-op Talent Expo
This past weekend was time once again for our co-op’s talent expo. It’s such a fun time of sharing talents and competing for ribbons in the areas of art, music, drama, spelling, Bible memorization, cooking, woodworking, science fair and/or sewing. This year’s projects for Caleb included two art projects, a *huge* birdhouse and a derby…
Caleb’s Latest Invention
What can an eight year old boy do with a yard stick, two clothespins, electrical tape and too many rubber bands? Create a weapon, of course! (And it really works!)
Slavery and Civil War Resources
Slavery and Civil War Teaching Resources You might remember from my post about Planning a Large Unit Study, that I pick and choose the best ideas for our learning styles and learning objectives from many resources. These are the the fabulous materials that provided many of my lesson plans. National Geographic Underground Railroad Interactive Civil…
Slavery and Civil War Book Treasures
I can’t tell you enough about how we have been blessed by reading the books below during our slavery and Civil War unit study. These books were so fantastic – in information, emotion and ability put us in the midst of the time period. I recommend each of them as living books! (I haven’t included…
Van Gogh Resources
Van Gogh Artist Study Resources Vincent Van Gogh Lesson Ideas Sunflowers Starry Night Almond Tree in Blossom Blossoming Almond Tree I chose the three paintings above for the purpose of learning to draw trees this spring as they begin to blossom. Books We Read Here’s the last art/nature project of the Van Gogh month. After…
Mozart Resources
We’ve just finished learning about and listening to Mozart (one of my favorites.) Below are the resources we used. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Classics For Kids Radio Shows Click and Play Biography Kid’s Bio and Music Listen to Mozart Books We Read
The Freedom Center
Words cannot adequately express our trip to the Freedom Center in Cincinnati yesterday. After spending so much time in our unit study learning about slavery in our country before and after the Civil War, we have become immersed in the sadness, courage and strength of slaves, abolitionists and those who risked their lives to help…
Creation Club – Evergreens, Focusing on Conifers
Our Creation Club started again! And, as usual, the Lord blessed us with absolutely beautiful weather! This month’s topic turned out to be more timely than I ever imagined when planning it. I had anticipated just getting to talk about certain aspects of conifers because I assumed we couldn’t possibly find examples of every stage…