I haven’t posted in a while about nature notebooks, and considering they’ve made a winter revival in our house I thought this post might be timely. One of my daughters is very keen about birding and diagramming, the other more into art and sketching. Winter birding; however, can rekindle a natural curiosity between said child [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Art’
December 13, 2007
Simplify Your Decorations!
Since we are marrying our study of the pioneers with how the early settlers celebrated their Christmas, we decided it would be fun to make our own pomanders the way the pioneers did. Using a Pioneer Christmas as one of our guides in our unit study, we made our citrus pomanders while listening to “On [...]
November 5, 2007
This Week is Veterans Week!
November 5 – 11 is Veterans’ week and this year VCHS & VHLN homeschool communities pulled together and created a wonderful tribute to our Veterans. The display will be exhibited at Hillside Mall, right here in Victoria, for the duration of Veterans Week.
There is a diverse array of works displayed. Poetry, prose, artwork, thank you notes, [...]
October 30, 2007
Pumpkins Unplugged!
Unplug your Kids is making Monday an, Unplugged Project Day. This weeks project was Painting Pumpkins. We’ve been kinda busy over here working on projects for writing and art exhibitions (a later post), but I thought we could at least draw our faces on our pumpkins before we carve them. Okay, so it’s Tuesday and [...]
May 14, 2007
How To Keep a Nature Notebook
I recently had an inquiry on how we keep our nature notebooks, so I thought I’d post a little info for those interested.
First of all I’m a wimp, and tend to go for nature walks in the spring and summer when the weather is warm and dry. It’s hard to get me outdoors during the dreary months [...]
May 7, 2007
What About Art? I’m Not Artistic!
Primarily, I don’t teach art. I expose them to great art. Children have an amazing capacity to observe. They notice more than we think they do. Kind of like when you’re talking and you don’t think they are listening….but they are indeed. I can relate to the Charlotte Mason method of teaching art. It just [...]
