by Patricia | Oct 3, 2012 | Art, Drawing with Children
Drawing with Children Exercises Learning the Basics (Lesson 1 in the Book) We continue to follow Dona Brookes’ book. Today with did Drawing with Children Exercises in relaxation and experimentation of our drawing supplies. We learned and discovered how the...
by Patricia | Sep 28, 2012 | Art, Drawing with Children
Drawing with Children by Mona Brookes I’m excited to start the very popular Drawing with Children book by Mona Brookes. Although we’ve had this book for a while already, I finally prepared myself to follow it. Brookes’ drawing book is very widely...
by Patricia | Sep 25, 2012 | Co-ops & Enrichment, History, Reading
Ancient Greece The Hour of the Olympics Our homeschool enrichment class The Magic Tree House at HOME in Miami Beach had a close-up “The Hour of the Olympics”. This was a fun unit, which uses the beloved children’s book series. They Olympics...
by Patricia | Sep 24, 2012 | Science
Magic School Bus Science Experiments – All About Air Kit Part 1 We recently got a great deal on the Magic School Bus’ subscription for monthly science kits for young children (ages 5 – 12). Super Hero is such a fan of the Magic School Bus. We had...
by Patricia | Sep 19, 2012 | Co-ops & Enrichment, Science
Plankton, Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Study at Eco Academy For this lesson we created a very fine and specific plankton net out of a soda bottle tucked inside a pantyhose and tied up with some string. Then we learned facts about plankton, their characteristics,...
by Patricia | Sep 7, 2012 | Reading
Motivate Boys to Read More and Love It If you are like me, you wish to see your child reading, enjoying and even loving reading books on his own more and more. This is exactly what has been happening with Super Hero these last few months, and we’re so delighted...