Saturday, April 20, 2013

Summer School Art

Know anyone looking for summer school or day camp options in LA this summer(2013)?
I'll be teaching 3 art classes for kids at:
www.marlboroughsummerschool.org

Art Journaling
Art
Time:
Morning Period 3 (10:30-11:25 am)
Five Week Session (June 21–July 26)
This course is offered for students in grades:
3,4,5
The world of words and art collide in art journaling. You
are invited to the young artist's playground. Make a
splash! Discover your creative self. Explore colors,
textures, images, and words as yo
u make your own
journals while experimenting with combining writing and
collage, stenciling, lettering, rubbings, drawing, paint,
pens, and pastels. Come play, explore and experiment
with colors, images, words and lines while creating a
one-of-a-kind journal.
$
460
(fee includes materials) ___________________________________
Fiber Arts
Time:Morning Period 4 (11:30 am-12:25 pm)
Five Week Session (June 21-July 26)
This course is offered for students in grades:
5,6
Create one of
a kind purses, bags, patchwork quilts,
greeting cards, accessories, and toys using fabric, wool
felt, yarn, string, paper and other fibers. Explore sewing,
embroidery, weaving, and felting processes. You will
come away from this class with fabulous ideas
for unique
creations for yourself and wonderful gifts for others.
$
425
(fee includes materials) -----------------------------------------------------
Print and Stamp Art
Time:
Morning Period 2 (9:15-
10:10 am)
Five Week Session (June 21-July 26)
This course is offered for students in grades:
2,3,4
Use up-cycled and handmade tools to print and stamp
unique images and textures. We will use dozens of
household and hardware store items like string, washers,
corks, erasers rubber bands, and buttons to create
beautiful multilayer prints for journal covers, envelopes,
book covers, wrapping paper etc. We will also create
collagraphs, mono prints, relief prints and gel prints using
water based inks and acrylic paints.
$
445
(fee includes materials)
Maximum Class Size:
12

Monday, March 11, 2013

Nature Study

Thanks to http://charlottemasoneducation.ning.com I am getting a group together for Nature Study today for the first time. I am very excited about it. It looks like there will be 3 or 4 families present.
 links about nature study:
http://simplycharlottemason.com/2007/07/25/8-reasons-to-do-nature-study/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_study
http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

shared writing

A story dictated to me by 6 year old Claire after reading Aesop's County Mouse City Mouse


Country Moose and City Moose 
Once upon a time there was a country moose and the country moose wanted City Moose to come to her house.
She didn't  like the food there. It was just bread and cheese and water. In a day or two City Moose asked country moose to come to her house. When they got to City Moose's house they were hungry. When they got there they found food on the table. They helped themselves to cake and dabs of jam.  After they were done eating they went upstairs for a nap. Then they got up and went to the store for more food.
They bought peas and onions and potatoes, carrots, radishes, turnips and celery and some potato chips, pretzels and fruit leather and water to snack on in the car. Because all the nice food was so great Country Moose decided to move to the city and live with City Moose.   
Chapter 2 - Country Moose goes to town.
Country Moose got up one day very early and quickly ate her breakfast and brushed her teeth then put her clothes on and got into her car and went to the store to buy more food because they had used up all their food. She went without her friend because they would quarrel too much at the store if they went together. She got all the things that she knew her friend liked.
Then she came home and put the things away.
Next she got out some of the things and made lunch.
Then City Moose came home from work and sat down for lunch. They said their prayers.
She said. "Thank you very much for making lunch Country Moose." Then they went upstairs to listen to CD's. They don't really nap they listen to CD stories. They had a cat named Rosie and she came upstairs and she was their furry alarm clock and she jumped on them and licked them. They said, "Funny Kitty you really like licking us." Then they go downstairs...

Friday, November 9, 2012

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Drawing with Children



We just stared using Mona Brookes Drawing with Children the other day. I am having a lot of fun with it and the girls seem to be enjoying it too. I am especially enjoying the warm up exercises.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Just got a copy of Jack's Insects by Edmund Selous It proves to be very interesting and Claire is captivated. I can't wait to read more.
 I looked at  the Burgess Bird book for Children on Kindle and couldn't get into it.
We are finishing up A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett and The Secret School by Avi which have both been very enjoyable. I also just discovered a fascinating essay by Burnett My Robin.
I need to figure out a balance of time specifically intended to meting Emily's needs so that she will give us some peace and I can read aloud to Claire even  if she isn't interested in the particular thing we are reading. She has been making a pest of herself and I am getting frustrated.
I just created a spreadsheet to help me plan and keep track of what we are doing for homeschooling.
It is taking a while to get back into the swing of things and Claire isn't being very cooperative.

We discovered a fun park in Redondo Beach with trails and ponds and some wildlife: HOPKINS
WILDERNESS PARK
1102 Camino Real
Redondo Beach, California

The kids met some other homeschoolers and had fun observing the turtles and water fowl.

Habits we need to work on changing: interrupting, cleaning up right after an activity.

Places nearby I want to check out:
Wattles Gardens Park 1850 North Curson Ave., Hollywood, CA 90046
has a stream, trails, mansion and tea house

BIRD SANCTUARY
2900 NORTH VERMONT AVENUE
LOS ANGELES, CA 90027
(323) 666-5046
On Vermont Canyon Road, in a wooded canyon with a small stream, the sanctuary offers views of many species of birds in their natural habitat. Sanctuary open daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
FERNDELL NATURE MUSEUM/Western Canyon
5375 Red Oak Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 666-5046
Reached by the Western Avenue entrance, this is a paradise of ferns, flowers and plants of many kinds growing along a tumbling brook, forming a haven of cool shade on a hot summer day. A snack stand and picnic area are available. Los Angeles Cultural-Historical Monument #112.