Looking for a multiplication color by number worksheet? How about a coloring activity where kids can brush up on some geography at the same time? I have for you a coloring worksheet that combines learning the states of the United States with practicing multiplication facts. How It Works There's a .pdf that you can download below completely free, that has a list of all 50 states. Beside each state name is a multiplication question. For example, beside the state "Indiana" is the ...
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Geometric Animal Art
Combining art with math, geometric animal art can be a great art project to do with kids. How To Create Geometric Animal Art Here are the basic steps to creating geometric animal art: #1 Find a photograph of an animal. Kids can pick their favourite animal or use a picture of their pet. My daughter's favourite animal is a fox. To find a picture for her to use, I did a simple search on a website with free photo downloads called Pixabay. We found a beautiful fox image that didn't ...
ArtAchieve Review
Since art is my daughter's favourite subject, we jumped on the chance to do a homeschool curriculum review of an online art program: ArtAchieve. We received the Entire Level II art classes for my daughter to use. Here is our ArtAchieve Review: ArtAchieve ArtAchieve is an online art program with a strong focus on learning to draw. The lessons are based on the idea that drawing is an important skill to learn and anyone can learn those skills. Although the focus is on drawing, each art ...
Art History for Kids
There are so many great resources available for homeschooling parents to teach art history to even the younger school aged children. I have a 5-year-old so finding resources that make art history fun to learn and appropriate for her age is my endeavour. And since the theme of the Poppins Book Nook this month is "Artists", I thought it was the perfect opportunity for me to share some of my great finds. affiliate links are provided for your convenience at no cost to you Anholt's Artists ...
The Hundred Dresses Activity – Paper Doll Chain Card
I love making hand made cards for people. They're a great opportunity to try out various art techniques, and they are a wonderful way to give joy to others, which in turn gives me joy. ow that I'm a parent, I try to share that love with my daughter. Besides being an art activity and a giving opportunity, it also has the benefit of giving my daughter some great writing practice. (See my post Art of the Pencil - Learning to Write & Draw). This activity goes well with the ...
How To Draw A Star For Kids
If you are looking for an easy way to teach kids how to draw a star, step by step, I have just the thing. I recently taught my 4 year old how to draw a star. After only about a minute or so of instruction, she was proudly drawing her own stars. There are only 4 steps to learn: I had my daughter repeat those words a few times: Mountain, Diagonal, Across, Connect. After practicing a few stars, I asked her to do another one very lightly. Afterwards, I showed her ...
