Hearts and Trees: FALL 2010 Kit Fall 2010 Kit!! Quote below is from the Hearts and Trees Blog In all this kit includes: 1 sewing project, 1 handicraft project,1 art project, 1 art print, 1 artist notebooking page,1 art element notebooking page and 1 nature study project. Complete Contents List: Fall bunting sewing project (muslin…
Category: Art
10/2010 Current Artist / Art Study
Peter Paul Rubens *Rubens http://www.peterpaulrubens.org/ Time Line for Artist Life Garden of Praise Ruben Art Lesson Ruben Bio @ Garden of Praise Self-Portrait Coloring Sheet The works I have selected to use that I thought would work with my two boys……… 1. Christ on cross between two thieves http://www.peterpaulrubens.org/Christ-on-the-Cross-between-the-Two-Thieves-1619-20-large.html 2.Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt…
Making Changes
We are about six weeks into our new school year and I am making some changes!! Read More at Live, Love, Learn .
Making Changes!!
We are about six weeks into our new school year and I am making some changes!! My home school is very Charlotte Mason inspired but I am not what some would call a Charlotte Mason Purist. That means that I do not try to cross every “t” or dot every “i” as far as this…
Display It!
Have fun and make displaying your school resources all around your house. You also want to make things user friendly so you will actually find yourself using all the resources you buy. Below are some of the ways I have displayed some of our resources. Here is what I use for a centerpiece for our…
Don’t leave it out
It is so easy for life to get hectic and the next thing you know it’s hard to include all the wonderful subject’s that are included in a Charlotte Mason Education. The subjects I am speaking of are Artist/ Picture study, Composer study, Hymn and also Folksong study. This will be the third year I…
Misc. Subjects
Recitations (for Both of them) Learn one suitable passage of 6 verses from chapters in Bible Lessons per term, One Psalm per term, One poem of child’s choice from poet studied per term: Learn family rules >Habit /Character Training http://www.charlottemasonhelp.com/2009/07/rules-of-life-for-six-year-old.html Table Manners list >Habit/Character Training http://www.charlottemasonhelp.com/2009/07/our-table-manners.html Charlotte Mason’s Motto>Character Habit Training http://www.amblesideonline.org/CM/CMMotto.html Music Listen to…
Come take a look @ a NEW Spring Nature Study e-book
Here is a quote from Barb @ the HNS Blog about her new Spring Nature Study e-book: You will have a complete plan at your fingertips for your spring nature study, art appreciation, and music study. This e-book looks and sounds wonderful!! Once again Barb has presented us with a wonderful resource for Nature Study….
Handicraft/Life Skills Challenge: Olympics 4th Edition
O.k. folks the Winter Olympics starts on Feb. 12, 2010 in Vancouver Canada!! So I thought it would be fun to have a challenge that revolved around the Olympics. Hopefully this post will give you some good ideas but if you don’t like any ideas offered, than at least you might be inspired to think…
Handicraft/ Life Skills Challenge: Olympic Edition #3
O.k. folks the Winter Olympics starts on Feb. 12, 2010 in Vancouver Canada!! So I thought it would be fun to have a challenge that revolved around the Olympics. Hopefully this post will give you some good ideas but if you don’t like any ideas offered, than at least you might be inspired to think outside…
Fun Friday’s are for ART
Friday’s are a great time to have ART Lesson’s and if you don’t want to call them lessons, just call it A time to be Creative! This LINK is to all my post under the Art Lesson category. I hope you find something fun and useful. Here is the LINK to everything I have under my Art category…
Handicraft/Life Skills Challenge: Olympic Edition (week 2)
Go HERE to get all the details for the Olympic Edition of the Handicraft/ Life skills Challenge! Hope you have FUN!!! Update: The above pic is of our No Sew Blanket from the Handicraft/ Life Skills Challenge #6. Today as we were completing the blanket my oldest said “Mom, I really like this , I mean I really…
Handicraft/Life Skills Challenge: Olympic Edition
O.k. folks the Winter Olympics starts on Feb. 12, 2010 in Vancouver Canada!! So I thought it would be fun to have a challenge that revolved around the Olympics. Hopefully this post will give you some good ideas but if you don’t like any ideas offered, than at least you might be inspired to think outside…
Fun Friday
Fun Friday **See Update at the bottom of page……….a comment by the author of the book I mention below** For my FUN FRIDAY post I want to highlight a book that I purchased to use for Art Appreciation and Art Lessons. Discovering Great Artist…..Hands On Art for Children in the styles of the Great Masters by…
#4 Handicraft/Life Skills Challenge: Photography Part 2
These Challenges are for families and for children of ALL ages! This week’s challenge is actually the second part of the #3 Handicraft/ Life Skills PHOTOGRAPHY Challenge from last Thursday. If this is your first time to hear about the Photography challenge, I urge you to check out the post from last week’s challenge and it is right HERE. If you…
Fun Friday: A Day Full of Fun
Last Friday was our first FUN FRIDAY and my first post about them. I listed MANY ideas and links to resources that you might find useful, so I hope you will check it out. Today I just want to share some of what we ended up doing on our first FUN FRIDAY. Games: Noah’s Ark Game (History, reading…
Fun Friday’s: A day of fun!
Who said learning isn’t Fun? Solar System Puzzle Not me but I’ll admit some subjects just aren’t as exciting as others. There are many different types of subjects we can expose our children to and many different ways to do it. I have decided that Friday’s will be full of what my boys consider more…
Daily Feed the Brain
Go to this link at Holy Experience and check out Ann’s post titled: How to Feed a Brain a everyday (Daily Links for Hungry Minds) She has links to many wonderful sites that will present your children of all ages with some amazing “IDEAS”. Actually all these links are not just for kids and not just for homeschooler’s….
Beautiful, Awe-Inspiring, Thought Provoking, Inspirational and Encouraging
You have got to check this out, Journey with the Messiah !!!! Watch the video, capture a sense of awe while taking in the thought provoking images and devotional words that go with them.
Making Playdough from Scratch
My mom and a friend of hers came across a All-Natural Play dough recipe and when they saw it they thought of me =) So tonight the boys and I made a really big mess in the kitchen while we were making some play dough but that’s o.k. because we had fun doing it. I…
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