In addition to teaching your children the core subjects of language arts, math, science, and social studies, it is also great to teach them art. There are some pretty significant benefits of including art in your homeschool curriculum. Just naming a few, it encourages inventiveness and creativity, it can help children to develop and practice […]
Gee’s Bend Quilts Coloring Pages
I have such respect for quilters! I know that so much time, planning and heart go into making a quilt. When preparing for the Southeast region geography study, I came across an awesome story about Gee’s Bend quilts and their quilting bee history. Have you heard of Gee’s Bend before? Gee’s Bend and Quilting I read […]
Fall Art Resources
I don’t always do the best at incorporating arts and crafts into our schedule, but I have found two resources that make it super easy for me to do so! Both require minimal materials and preparation– and my kids love to do them! Draw Write Now Books We got a set of Draw Write Now […]
Summer Art Projects
This summer we’re looking forward to doing lots of crafts and art! My kids always have access to crayons, but I had to limit art supplies for awhile. Whenever I pulled out art materials, some children would end up looking like this: Honestly, it’s just part of the art process. Certain children need to try things out. […]
Need a Party Activity? Try Pick and Draw!
This past weekend I had 5 preteens hang at my house for an evening in order to celebrate my 11yr. old daughter’s birthday. One thing I do when having a group of kids over is to try to have at least 2-3 structured activities available. This helps keep things a little calmer (though with 5 […]