I haven’t disappeared!
30 Jun 2011 1 Comment
I have not left the blogging world- I have moved to my own hosted site! Please update your feeds and bookmarks to my new blog location: These Temporary Tents
War in the Air- Flight in WWI
22 May 2011 Leave a Comment
in education, home school, homeschool, homeschooling, notebooking, Renaissance, Thoughts and Mumblings Tags: education, freebies, history, homeschooling, notebooking pages, printables, war, world war
It feels like forever since I have visited my own blog! After 3 weeks of grueling college classwork, I am one semester closer to having a degree. During this time our Renaissance studies screeched to a halt and we have decided to take a break in order to recover from over-schooling. Summer will soon be upon us and we have VBS, Bible camp, and vacation to worry about!
I love having the flexibility to take a break- to avoid burnout and frustration on both sides. My college adventure has been stressful on us as a family, but it has helped me to see some areas where we might need work on our attitudes and priorities. I am prayerfully refocusing our efforts while we make adjustments for another year of homeschooling.
Now that I am free from schoolwork (at least for a little while)- I have been able to finish some projects and printables. I updated a few of my Squidoo lenses and made some new ones. I also finished these lovelies- notebooking pages to go with my WWI set! These files focus on the importance of flight in the war:
Find the files free for download on HSlaunch.com HERE and HERE
And here are some articles to get you started in your research!
Aviation during WWI – a great site with lots of information
The Story of WWI Aviation – pictorial history archive
Art Study- St. Luke and Diptych
07 May 2011 Leave a Comment
in Art, education, home school, homeschool, homeschooling, Renaissance Tags: art, education, Esther, homeschooling, painting, renaissance, watercolor
So far we have enjoyed reading the lessons from God & the History of Art by Barry Stebbing. We started 3/4 the way through book 1 at the Early Renaissance since that is where we are in our history course. I plan to go back and do the entire curriculum on our next rotation, when the girls are older.
Our first art study was St. Luke (Constantinople, 1133). The girls compared and contrasted this piece with a few High Renaissance works and we noted the simplistic, biblical basis of the earlier painting. The girls then created their own versions.
Our next assignment was to create a diptych- two panels telling a story with decorative borders around. The girls drew and painted panels telling the story of Queen Esther:
Right now we are working on depictions of “The Crucifix” by Cimabue. Pictures to come soon. Raven also worked on some pieces that she had sketched out earlier this month. This girl is drawn in Anime style:
