We started the morning with some really nice cuddling time after breakfast. It has seemed to make all the difference today. I think the girls needed the attention, and I needed it as well. I hope this entry can remind me to cuddle more, I am sure I will miss it so much when they are past the cuddling age (whatever that may be).
We also read our Art book, and got more out of it this time than ever before. I picked out some artists that have multiple works in the book, and then we talked about one picture that the artist painted. After they seemed to get the idea of that artists' style, we turned to a page that had another painting by that artist, and they guessed which one it was. They guessed right every time, which made me feel like they really got it. Sarah is also getting a lot better at guessing the age of paintings based on the amount of 3 demension she can see in the painting, as she says, "Whether or not the people look flat." If it seems "flat" but a little weird, she guesses that it is recent, which is normally right. I am so excited to take her to the art museum, which I am hoping to do next month.
That's cool! I haven't done this with an art book, but I love it when my kids can identify an illustrator from their personal style. What art book are you using? I saw something at the HS convention, but I can't remember what it was. Small postcard reproductions of art works. It looked good, but was expensive, so I passed on it. I'd like to get it sometime, though.
I have to admit, I knew I should have posted the title, but I was too lazy to go in to the other room to check it. So I am glad you asked, maybe it will help next time for me to give the laziness the boot. Anyway. I like the book, it has lots of different pictures organized by subject, but really no instruction to help you use it. It does have artist, title, and date by each picture. Also, I had to look for similar artists myself, there is no index of artists. Hope that helps you decide on whether it is worth it.
I am mom to 4 little girls: Sarah 5, Hannah 3, Stephanie 2, and Annie born July 2006. We love learning and are learning to love. We are using Sonlight Kindergarten and a Pre-K schedule I put together.
Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us. We are pressured in every way but not crushed; we are perplexed but not in despair; we are persecuted but not abandoned; we are struck down but not destroyed. We always carry the death of Jesus in our body, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. II Corinthians 4:7-10
My Current Reading List
The Bible
My Favorite Books
• What's So Amazing About Grace by Philip Yancey
• Thing's We Wish We'd Known by Bill and Diana Waring
• Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
• Shepherding A Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp
Sarah's Favorite Books
• Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel
• Anything by Dr. Seuss
• Family Time Story Bible by Ken Taylor
• James Herriot's Treasury for Children
• My Father's Dragon
• Really, she just loves to read period
Hannah's Favorite Books
• Where the Wild Things Are
• The Rhyme Story Bible
• Bedtime for Frances
• Anything Richard Scarry
• Blueberries for Sal
• Curious George
Stephanie's Favorite Books
• Goodnight Moon
• Goodnight Gorilla
• The Big Red Barn
My Favorite Movies
• Pride and Prejudice (Colin Firth/Jennifer Ehle)
• Wives and Daughters
• Charade (1963)
• Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremecy
• Lonesome Dove
• The Ghost and the Darkness
• Love Comes Softly and Love's Enduring Promise
What's Growing
• Lots of Peppers
• Lots of Tomatoes
• The herbs we couldn't kill even if we wanted to!
• Plenty of weeds
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