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 ...
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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 ...
The Art of the Pencil – Learning to Write and Draw
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 their Leapster, but besides that we...." At this point I had never even heard of a Leapster, but I was intrigued since it seemed like such a popular choice for many, almost like a given. Upon ...