Combining art with math, geometric animal art can be a great art project to do with kids. How To Draw Geometric Animals Here are the basic steps to drawing animals using geometric shapes: #1 Find a photograph of an animal. Kids can pick their favourite animal or use a picture of their pet. My daughter’s …
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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 …
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 …
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. I’m sharing the best videos, books, and activities I have found that will …
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 …
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 5 point star. After only about a minute or so of instruction, she was proudly drawing her own stars. How to …
My 4 year old has a poster with the pictures of 60 local birds and their names. I keep it near the window so my daughter can consult it throughout the day when she looks at the birds outside. She will come to me several times in a day, to ask me to help her read …
A little over a year ago, I took my daughter to Disney World in Orlando Florida. It was going to be a long drive (about 22 hours) so I googled tips on taking kids on road trips. I read a ton of different parent recommendations. Many recommendations went something like this: “Of course they have …
Writing stories with preschoolers can be a fun and memorable experience. My 3 year old daughter loves to draw pictures and I’ve been encouraging her to tell me a story about them. I’ve been typing her story as she dictates it to me. They are usually crazy funny as her thoughts aren’t all …