With school in full swing in the Snyder house, things have gotten a little busy and some what crazy. But God is good, and I am able to get all the things done in the day that He needs me to do. The family gets to eat, the laundry get done and the house gets cleaned (for the most part.)
One of the subjects that seems to get forgotten for many homeschoolers is art. This year I am wanting to make sure we include more art projects and learning about different artists.
I found a great website that is helping with this goal. They take one artist and lay out a lesson for teaching about them and then doing a project to help the kids remember what they have learned. For our first lesson we learned about Picasso. I found some fun books with great pictures and the lesson began. We finished with making our own Picasso type picture.
I think the best part was telling dad all about what they learned and showing off their project.
1)We began our own Picasso with 3 pieces of construction paper. 2 small one large.
2)Then the kids drew a face on each of their small papers.
3 ) Then cut out each piece of the face. They ended up with 2 noses, 4 eyes, 2 mouths and so on.
4)Then it was time to put it all together. There was only one rule for putting the faces together, it had to be silly.
5)Last, but not least...pose for pictures!
Next time in art class, Andy Warhol.
