One of the very first stories I remember from my childhood other than the Nativity is A Christmas Carol. I found this must have book at our local library. It's one of the most interesting books I have read in a long time.
Publication City/Country New York, NY, United States
Language English
ISBN10 0307405796
ISBN13 9780307405791
This is one of those books that you don't forget in a hurry. It's living history and human interest in one beautiful book. This books was hard to put down. It's full of wonderful, insightful and well researched information. Having always known Christmas as it is today I was surprised to learn what Christmas was like back in the Victorian era and how much this influenced Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. If you love Christmas and Charles Dickens then this is definitely a must read for you.
In this small but remarkable book, Les Standiford offers readers a gift for all seasons. Carefully researched and written in a stately, lucid prose, this book will be cherished by those who love Dickens, enjoy Christmas, or ponder the endless mysteries of human behavior.- --Roland Merullo, author of American Savior
I hope you will enjoy this treasure as much as I have.
Blessings Chareen
I love this time of the year and I love beautiful books just as much. That is why I just had to share this beautiful treasure I found at the local library. Silent Night & Other Christmas Carols includes a CD with carols and beautiful pop up inserts on every page. It's beautifully illustrated and is the sort of book you can spend hours looking over.
This Week
This term we are joining in on a fortnightly craft class with some of the local home educating families. It's so good to do things we wouldn't normally do due to cost. However by co-oping we have managed to do a few interesting things. This week we tried our hand at paper marbling. I found some interesting YouTube clips. This lady made a flower, and this one shows you a DIY of the process used in paper marbling. This one of The Makers of Marbled Paper at a bussiness - Art of the Marbler is an old documentary explaining the why and how of the process by a company in England.
A few years ago we did shaving cream art which was very similar but you can do it with craft paints and shaving cream. Here is a YouTub clip on how to do so.
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the wonderful art your children have enjoyed doing.
Blessings
Chareen
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