Tag Archives: classroom

Not-Back-to-School: Curriculum Week
Homeschool Curriculum

Not-Back-to-School: Curriculum Week

Today I’m joining up with the Not-Back-to-School Blog Hop in order to share what we’ll be using in our classroom for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year. I will be homeschooling a 3rd Grader, and a First Grader next year, and I’m going to do my best to OVERLAP learning where ever possible. In order to prepare for our school year …Read the Rest

Soapstone Sculpture
Animal Crafts

Soapstone Sculpture

Yesterday for art we enchanced our plain white clay with an ancient Inuit technique: *snicker Black Pepper really did add some texture to our clay, and reminded me of the appearance of soapstone: (I would have put more in, but eyes were starting to water) We paired this craft with the book Missuk’s Snow Geese, which is about a little …Read the Rest

Framing it all……
Japanese Crafts

Framing it all……

Just in case your children make something fantastic while learning about Japan Which is likely to happen, with all the amazing art techniques they’ll get to explore) Show them how to make this fun Origami frame to present their art: This frame has an adorable little Fishy I dug out of my new scrapbook set… See, I told you I …Read the Rest