The Organization of a School Room
Ok, so we obtained the shelving unit – which is larger than I anticipated! I almost do not know what to do with all of the shelves. So for now here is how the organization of the room is going: 1. Craft supplies on the shelving unit. For now I have all our colored paper spread out among the shelves to make it look like it is being used, but as we collect more craft items, the … Read entire article »
The Creation of a School Room
Our daughter is not ready for Kindergarten yet, but we already know that we want to homeschool. So we decided: we are going to turn our spare bedroom into a school room, but for now, it will be basically a craft room. I have these lofty ideas of all sorts of crafts and art activities we can do together and eventually add preschool academics in as she gets older. I have visions of artwork and laughter … Read entire article »
Magic Pictures
Children love making these magic pictures! You will need: A variety of shapes including circles, squares and triangles tagboard white paper crayons construction paper How to make Magic Pictures: First, use the shapes to cut out templates in the tagboard. Any shape will work, so allow the children to come up with some special shapes to cut out. Next, remove the crayon paper from the crayons. Place each shape under the white paper, and rub the side of the crayons on top of the paper. Watch while shapes beneath appear on top. Trim the white paper so that the shapes take up most of the remaining space and mount the pictures on the construction paper. To add Interest to Magic Pictures: Use leaves instead of shapes, this is a great fall craft variation. Use several crayon colors. Use bulletin board letters to spell a word … Read entire article »
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How to Make Color Bursts
This craft is a great way to teach children about how colors combine. You will need: Food coloring (4 colors) Muffin tin round coffee filters string small clothespins Steps to Make Color Bursts Take the muffin tin and mix food coloring and water in each of the four corners. These will be the dipping areas. Add as much or little food coloring to the water to make it as dark as you wish. Take a coffee filter and open it out flat. It now needs to be folded in half approximately 3 times. Now there are three points on the folded filter. Quickly dip each corner into a different color food color solution. This has to happen very fast because the water (and color) will move across the paper faster than you think. Unfold the coffee filter and allow it … Read entire article »
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Thanksgiving Craft
Make a thankful turkey this thanksgiving with your homeschool children. Required materials: small paper milk carton, brown paper, construction paper of various colors, Step one: Rinse out a milk carton, cut open so that it is open on top and cover the outside with brown paper. Step two: trace each child’s hand on the various pieces of construction paper and cut out each tracing for the tail feathers. The more “hands” the larger and more colorful the tail fathers will appear. Step three: Use the brown paper and cut out a head and beak to add to the front of the turkey. Step four: label the turkey body with “my thankful box” or “what I’m thankful for” or “we are thankful” whatever you wish. Step five: children and parents can write things they are thankful for … Read entire article »
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