Last term Lillie spent a few happy weeks learning all about the Impressionist painters. She has included Renoir, Seurat, Degas and Monet. She studied one of these artists for two weeks. This week’s artist is Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Pierre-Auguste Renoir Resources Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French painter who was instrumental in starting the impressionist movement of……
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Precious Moments {4th March – 10th March}
This week has been focused on four things – Lillie’s special surprise jewellery making corner; Lillie’s day in London with me; Gary’s parents coming to visit and Lillie having a mole removed from her back. The week began with us surprising Lillie on her return from church with her very own crafting/jewellery making nook in……
The Bane of my Life…..
I think it is so difficult being a teen these days. Maybe it always was. But the gamut of feelings surely must be intensified under the magnifying glass of social media. It is a conundrum really as parents as to how much we allow. I have a daily battle against the concerns of social media……
When Your Teen Needs a Bit of a Boost…..
Confidence seems to be a big issue during these teen years as the older ones try to figure out the world around them and their place in it. At one time or another each of my teens have needed something more than just our day to day parenting. Something that shows them we understand their……
Homeschool Vikings Unit Study
Have you always wanted to teach a homeschool Vikings Unit Study to your children, but don’t know where to start? I’ve got you sorted! I’ve done all the hard work so that you don’t have to. This fun, hands on unit offers a variety of resources from which you can pick and choose. If you’re……
Precious Moments {25th February – 3rd March}
Welcome to what I hope will be a weekly Precious Moments post, now that February is behind me 🙂 I thought I would start the post with a picture of where my husband goes to work every day (above). This was a photo one of his work mates took. Isn’t it glorious? Anyway, back to our……
Grass Sandals: Basho {FIAR}
Grass Sandals describes the journey Basho, a well known Japanese poet, takes on foot around Japan. Littered with Basho’s beautiful haiku poems throughout, it is a simple tale of a man who loved to observe and experience the world around him Grass Sandals: Resources Goals for this Study In addition to working my way……
Precious Moments During February
February is notoriously horrible for me and yet….. ….this year it hasn’t been so bad. Not because I haven’t felt the usual sluggishness and a complete inability to concentrate. No. The reason it hasn’t been all bad is because for the first time I haven’t tried to battle it. Accepting that one’s performance will be……
Home School in the Woods: Ancient Egypt {Review}
What is HISTORY Through the Ages Project Passport World History Study: Ancient Egypt? HISTORY Through the Ages Project Passport World History Study: Ancient Egypt is the brain child of Amy Pac and her family run company Home School in the Woods. The concept is a good one. The student is given everything he or she needs……
Grimm’s Fairy Tale: Sleeping Beauty
The second fairy tale we covered was Grimm’s Fairy Tale: Sleeping Beauty. As I read the original out loud to the girls I reflected how simple the tales were, with very little detail to them at all. I wondered how the Grimm brothers would have reacted to their short fairy tales being made into over……
Values in Graphite {Learning the Art Basics}
This is the second post in Lillie’s series about learning the basics in art. Lesson two saw Lil investigating values in graphite. Values in Graphite: Value Scales Values describes how light or dark a colour is in a picture. It is probably the most important thing an artist needs to understand. Values allow the artist……
Hands-on Anglo Saxons Unit Study for Homeschoolers
Just gathering all my Anglo-Saxon posts into one place to make finding them a bit easier. This was a very hands-on unit study, with lots of resources, map making and activities. The children carried out some literature work based on Beowulf, and created a Beowulf newspaper. The study culminated with the children giving a fabulous……
Edgar Degas {Impressionist}
For her project last term Lillie learnt all about the Impressionist painters. She studied one artist for two weeks. The latest has been Edgar Degas, which was very nearly a disaster! But Lillie came up trumps and I think we both agreed that this was one of her best studies 🙂 Edgar Degas: General Resources……
Native Australian Dress-Up
The first thing I wanted to do was to make some Native Australian Dress-Up for the little ones to play in. Even if do say so myself, I was very creative when I made this dress up out of some packaging material which came with a refrigerator part I ordered. Step-by-Step: How to make Native Australian……
Charles Dickens {Victorian Unit}
This week our focus was on Charles Dickens and the Victorian poor. Oh my, I had fun this week! The children not so much, but I took huge delight in threatening to starve my children with a Poor Law diet….in fact, I ‘made’ them be poor Victorians for a day. Yes, a day. The fuss……