Thursday 16 January 2014

In the Style of Monet {Virtual Fridge}

This Week
It's been far too hot to do anything.  Actually it is 44'C (111'F) today where we live.  All we have done is focus on trying to stay cool. We have spent the majority of our week in the pool or the living room where we have an air conditioner.

Last year there was a Monet Garden exhibition in Melbourne and so we spent some time on a full  Monet Unit Study.  This is one of the pictures we did.  I found this project over at Johwey Redington - In the Style of the Great Masters: Claude Monet.  It's an outline download/printable that you paint in the style of Monet.

 Loved watching this one come to life with coaching and encouragement well done Sir N.



Featured This Week
We had so many wonderful link ups last week that it was hard to choose who to feature.  This week I have two for you


Over at Almost Supermom take a look at the Kandinsky Leaves Art Project.  These are new to me and definitely going to give them a try.

I have bookmarked this to do when our winter arrives this year


Trinity Snowman over at the Proverbial Homemaker.

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.

Your hosts are




The linky is on USA EST time and will be open soon.

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Wednesday 15 January 2014

Homeschool Statistic Infographic

I found this infographic recently and wanted to share it with you.  I do disagree with the arrogant attitude in the "Homeschool Domination" comment though.

I did find of the homeschool statistics in the Homeschoolers are Less Affected By External Factors very interesting and would love to know your thoughts...

Homeschool Domination
Source
Created by: CollegeAtHome.com
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Monday 13 January 2014

Math & Logic Resources {Virtual Curriculum Fair}

Welcome to my second post for the 2014 Virtual Curriculum Fair.  Today I'm sharing on Math and Logic, both what we do and some of the curriculum that is available in the homeschool market to help you with Math and Logic in your homeschool.

Math seems to be one of those topics within the homeschool environment that often comes up in conversation and here on the blog I've shared
In our homeschool we are following an eclectic approach this year incorporating a Charlotte Mason approach along with Delight Directed education and Sonlight.  We are working on strengthening Sir N's Math facts this year along with developing logical thinking via games.


For me one of the defining moments of understanding teaching math came after I read the article History and Research on the Teaching of MathI highly recommend you read this article before you make a decision on your math curriculum.

There are many benefits to playing logic (critical thinking) games  among which are the ability to tackle high school math.  With this in mind we will be making playing games a weekly feature to our homeschool this year.


Our Year Ahead

Math

Logic
Math
Scope and Sequence
When looking at changing math programs remember to take  scope and sequence into account.

  • Scope refers to the content.  In other words these are the topics covered(A to Z)
  • Sequence is the order in which the scope is taught (IE the order in which things are covered within the program)
It is important to know this about your math product or you might end up redoing math your child is already familiar with or you might end up skipping a whole lot of important content that your child needs in order to succeed at math.

Resources
Please go to my Math Curriculum page for a full page of links to resources.
Here are a few links to get you started.
Pinterest

On the Net
Logic


On Pinterest

FREE on the WWW


Curriculums
  • Critical Thinking Activities K-3 {Logic}Activities help students develop three important elements of critical thinking in mathematics: recognizing patterns, using visual imagery, and logical reasoning
  • Critical Thinking Activities 4-6Activities help students develop three important elements of critical thinking in mathematics: recognizing patterns, using visual imagery, and logical reasoning
  • Fallacy Detectiveintroduction to 23 logical fallacies and 10 propaganda techniques: what they are, how to spot them, how to avoid them
  • One Minute Answers to Skeptics' Top Forty Questions
  • The Thinking Toolbox Thirty-Five Lessons that Will Build your Reasoning Skills
  • Understanding the TimesThis 18-week curriculum helps you examine how each of the four dominant Western worldviews (Secular/Cosmic Humanism, Marxism/Leninism, Islam, and Biblical Christianity) uniquely interpret reality in different areas of theology, philosophy, ethics, biology, and more. 


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.

What are you using for Math and Logic this school year?  Susan has invited you all to share what you are using and add your link to the linky

Blessings
Chareen


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Sunday 12 January 2014

You have not lived


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Saturday 11 January 2014

On the crew with me in 2014

I love the encouragement I receive as a home school mom when reading about the adventures of other like minded Mom's.  Today I would like you to meet some new blog friends who are on the crew with me this year

Every bed of Roses A Glimpse of Our Life Photobucket
Homemaking Organized Our Life ~ Home and School Life with the Tribe Adena F Homeschool Ways Royal Little Lambs Circling Through This Life Ben and Me Photobucket Our Simple Kinda Life Wonderfully Chaotic FINCHNWREN Mama's Coffee Shop Faithful Acres Books Schooling in the Sun Embracing Destiny Pea of Sweetness Teaching Two Stinkers At Home: where life happens Grace Christian Homeschool luvnlambertlife.com A Stable Beginning future.flying.saucers
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Building Character with Children

As a homeschool mom it's not the academics that cause me the greatest challenge it's the issues of the heart and character that seem to be the ultimate issue at hand.  I have been encouraged and inspired with these FREE seven minute video's by Shirley Solis. 
  • Are you frustrated with your children's attitudes?
  • Are you tired of doing all the chores around the house?
  • Do you wish the children helped around the house a little more?
  • Need creative ways to train your children?
  • Want to start the year off right and finally train your children consistently?
  • Are you constantly yelling at your children?
  • Are you tired of arguing with your children?

Building Character with Children is a brand new video-based program with homeschool mom, author, and speaker Shirley Solis.

I'm a mum with very limited free time so I am really happy to find a short, 7-minute video where Shirley shares her experience as a mom of 6 children, with tips and tricks to build strong, desirable character traits in your children!

In Building Character with Children, you will learn
  • Video 1 - How to train your children to learn a new habit in just a few minutes a day (so you won’t have to keep repeating yourself!)
  • Video 2 - The 3 reasons why your children don’t do their chores AND what to do about it!
  • Video 3 - What to do about sibling rivalry and how to resolve conflicts easily and peacefully!
  • Video 4 - The #1 reason why children are lacking character today and how to change that!
It's easy to access your FREE video's go to Building Character with Children and enter your name and email address. You will immediately be given access to the video's. There is no going to your email to activate.  The page with the video's opens for you straight away.  As of yesterday there are two video's up on the site with two more to come.

I have been struggling to get my day going well and will definitely be using the ideas from video one.  Starting this Monday I will be applying the technique with Sir N.  I love her encouraging words and simple approach.  I have used this in the past but never knew how to take Sir N to total ownership and independance in this area.  This is going to change our day for the better and make it so much better for him and I.

I would love to hear your thoughts on the video's and what you are implementing and how the ideas are working for you. 

Blessings
Chareen

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