Saturday 9 November 2013

HSMJ - Melvin Tix in concert

In my life this week…
I have been researching how to write book reports/reviews.  I found two great sites
I am looking forward to collecting my photographs from Michaels Camera House they have been on show for the last month as part of the Canon Bokeh challenge.

I am super excited because today is the day I join my home school friends for the annual trip to check out the Koorong bookstore on the otherside of Melbourne! Can't wait. 6 hours of browsing books, cd's and DVD's.

In our home school this week…
  • We finished reading Happy Birthday Mrs Piggle-Wiggle much to Sir N's delight. 
  • Started multiplication in  Exploring Arithmetic 3 
  • Getting into appreciating poetry is taking work ...
  • Enjoyed some arts in that we attended a concert with Melvin Tix and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
  • Working our way through the Ten Commandments in Studying God's Word Book C
Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share…
Places we’re going and people we’re seeing…
  • Melvin Tix
    We went into town on Thursday to watch Melvin Tix perform with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.  If you ever have the opportunity to attend a concert where he is conducting be sure to attend. So far he has performed with 69 ensembles in 16 different countries and over 1285 concerts. (Facebook) You can watch a snippet of Melvin in action on YouTube
  • It's been a quiet rest of the week due to a public holiday.


My favourite thing this week was…
What’s not working for us…
  • Late bed times.  This is my nemesis.  I love the quiet nights when I can focus on research, blogging etc but hate the early mornings.  If only I could start later but alas Sir N is up like clock work at 7 am ...
Things I’m working on…
In Bloggy world I’m reading…
I’m cooking…
On Pinterest I found...
  • Our 2014 Speaker blog posts Great posts from our Speakers at next years 2:1 convention. Get to know the ladies who touch so many hearts through social media
I’m grateful for…
A photo, video, link, or quote to share…


Blessings

Chareen


Photo collages made with: Photoscape a FREE photo editor

Friday 8 November 2013

Water Colour Castles {Virtual Fridge}

This Week

This was Sir N's second attempt at water colours.  It's mixed media. We learned about Joseph Mallord William Turner and followed the tutorial in The Usborne ART Treasury on page 90. We used artistic licence and chose to paint anything rather than the suggested theme.

Featured This Week


This weeks feature is from A Learning Journey: D is for Daddy Date.  Alyssa and her Daddy spent the day together creating this gem.  Be sure to read about their adventure.

Your Turn

I invite you to take some photo's of your children's artistic pursuits put them in a post and link up with me I would love to come over and see the wonderful art your children have enjoyed doing.
Virtual Fridge Link Up

Blessings
Chareen




The Virtual Fridge a weekly art meme where we can hang our children's art on a virtual fridge. This meme was started by Jennifer over at A Glimpse of our Life who kindly invited three other bloggers to co-host this weekly meme.

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