Now here is a cool idea for a semester-long art program: Cognitive Drawing is a 90 day workbook that guides students through a unique step by step process. It’s engaging, and we saw improvements right away. We received our copy free in exchange for this review. It’s part of Timberdoodle’s 11th Grade Curriculum bundle, but…
When I was a kid, I spent most of my free time drawing. Actually, I spent most of my class time doodling too. So I’m not surprised that my middle daughter (10) has an artistic streak. Girl loves to draw, so I am following my dear child and preparing our environment to help that avocation…
My nine-year-old painted a gorgeous Monet reproduction this morning. Can you tell how she was beaming with pride? Beautiful! Check out this excellent Paint-by-Number kit we received from Timberdoodle Co to review. The set includes everything you need and has easy to follow instructions my kid had no problem whatsoever figuring out on her own….
“Human consciousness comes into the world as a flaming ball of imagination.” –Dr Maria Montessori After the “Coming of Life” great lesson follows the “Coming of Humans” story. We have been studying the different eons and eras, and we’ve studied fundamental needs of humans by going camping and visiting a wool farm; here’s some of…
Speaking of “painting windows” in my last post… I always forget to share activities we do to the blog. So here’s one of the activities we did at the end of January for the Second Great Lesson (Coming of Life). I keep reading about the “Mural of Life” used in Montessori classrooms. Aside from the…
Do you know how big our sun is compared to our home planet? Can you visualize that? After our model solar system activity, we got a good idea for the sizes of the planets. Originally I’d really hoped to take the kids on an adventure around town showing the scale and distance apart, but even…
Rocked the past two weeks like a homeschool ninja.
How to put together a watercolor basket. Step 1) Find a pretty basket. Step 2) Find a fun container to hold your water. Step 3) Add watercolor paper. Step 4) Find some watercolor pencils or paints. Step 5) Find a subject. Step 6) Sketch and paint! Easy enough. I added this little set of goodies…
Time for a Timberdoodle review! Actually I’m months behind for a new Timberdoodle review, so I’ve got like 5 or 6 in the upcoming weeks. Timberdoodle, aside from being a fun word to say, is a hands-on homeschooling curriculum that we’ve enjoyed supplementing (mainly our doctor appointments and car rides) with on our homeschooling journey….
Wow another week blew by so quickly! Somehow I am already in my 34th week of pregnancy and not feeling like working so much, yet we homeschool on. Tonight we are attending a special needs fundraising gala-type-thing, and I’m wearing comfy flats, my maternity dress from Easter #sorrynotsorry and telling baby to scootch over and…
