Definition of FINE ART
- art (as painting, sculpture, or music) concerned primarily with the creation of beautiful objects —usually used in plural b : objects of fine art
- an activity requiring a fine skill
Our Year Ahead
Fine Arts
- Music Appreciation: SQUILT Vol 1 Baroque Era (Super Quiet UnInterrupted Listening Time) This is a digital product written by Mary from Homegrown Learners and covers ten pieces of music along with notebooking pages, musical term definition and musical history.
- I will be using The World's Greatest Composers by Confessions of a Homeschooler.
- The Classical Kids Collection Vol 1 & 2. These are produced by The Children's Group and cover the lives of eight famous composers.They are available for purchase on iTunes too.
- Classical Composers Monthly as a supplement to whichever composer we are studying.
- We will continue with The World's Greatest Artists Vol 1 in which we will cover eight artists. We have already studied Monet and will continue and learn about the other seven artists in the unit.
- We did Shipwrecked earlier in the year and really enjoyed it so we will work our way through Bible Stories by See the Light
Resources
Blogs
- Barb over at Harmony Fine Arts
- Jimmie from Jimmie's Collage.
Artist Study
Composer Study - Nadene over at Practical Pages.
Famous Musicians
Famous Artisits
Hymn Study - Erica over at Confessions of a Homeschooler
World's Greatest Artists
Music - Mary over at Home Grown Learners
SQUILT
On the WWW
- Artist Study {Claude Monet} FREE resource list to do a complete study on Monet.
- 10 Days of Teaching Music
- 5 Days of Teaching Music Appreciation
- Fine Arts
- Free Tchaikovsky SQUILT lesson and Notebooking Download
- Nutcracker Unit Study includes listening links, notebooking pages, ideas for teaching, and much more.
- Music In Your Homeschool With SQUILT ~ Lesson 1
- Music In Your Homeschool With SQUILT ~ Lesson 2/Big Band & The King of Swing
- Music In Your Homeschool With SQUILT ~ Lesson 3
- Going West/Music for Our Great Field Trip - SQUILT Lesson #4
- Fun and Easy Halloween Music Study (SQUILT Lesson 5)
- SQUILT Lesson #6 - Mozart's 12 Variations on "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
- Learn About An Epic Piece of Music (SQUILT Lesson #7)
- Vivaldi's Spring (SQUILT lesson #8)
- Superhero Fun (Music, Reading, LEGO) & Squilt Lesson #9
- Music History and Notebooking for The Birds - SQUILT Lesson #10
- Creating a Masterpiece Homeschool Art Curriculum
- Build A Classical Music Library For Children
- A Fine Arts-Day Schedule
- How I Teach Fine Arts to Multiple Ages Using the Charlotte Mason Method
- ARTistic Pursuits
- Art Projects for Kids
- Deep Space Sparkle is one of my favourites
- Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
- National Gallery of Art Kids Art Zone.
- Art Lessons Artists and Their Art: Sharing Visual Stories
- Artists Study
- Composer Study
- Music
- Art - Paper Plate Love
- Art - Paper Bag adventures
- Art - upcycled toilet rolls
- Art - Ice cream sticks
- Art - Egg boxes
- Art - Kids Craft Ideas
- Art
- Crochet
- Knitting
Blessings
Chareen
Take some time this week to visit some of the other 2014 Virtual Curriculum Fair participants.
Some of these links will not be live until tomorrow due to time zone differences as these bloggers are from across the globe.
- 44 Awesome Free Resources to Study Art and Music! by Susan @ Homeschooling Hearts & Minds
- Finding Beauty with Classical Composers Monthly by Kristi K. @ The Potter’s Hand Academy
- Easy Guided Drawing: Benefits and Resources by Tauna @ Proverbial Homemaker
- A Peek into our Homeschool: Seeking Beauty by Brittney @ Mom's Heart
- All Things Lovely by Michele P @Family, Faith and Fridays
- Virtual Curriculum Fair: the Arts by Jennifer @ a glimpse of our life
- You Gotta Have Art! by Lisa@GoldenGrasses
- Classical Crochet... Or Something Like That by Laura @ Four Little Penguins
- The Art of the Matter by Chelli @ The Planted Trees
- Art Curriculum For Homeschoolers by LynnP @ Ladybug Chronicles
- The Arts: Creating and Appreciating Beauty by Leah@As We Walk Along the Road
- Our Curriculum Choices 2014 ~ The Arts & PDHPE by Renata @ Sunnyside Farm Fun
- {Virtual Curriculum Fair 2014} Seeking Beauty: The Arts in Our Classical Homeschool by Sharra @ The Homeschool Marm
- Learning Crafts For Kids & Adults by Kim @ Homestead Acres
- Finding Time for Beauty in Homeschooling Including Fine Arts by Laura @ Day by Day in Our World
- Arts & the Extras ~ These Are Some of Our Favorite Things by HillaryM @ Our Homeschool Studio
Susan has invited you all to share what you are using and add your link to the linky