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    Meet the Masters Art Curriculum...

    in High School and Self-Education Board

    Posted · Edited by Camy-7 boybarians 1 lady

    We did Meet the Masters 7 years ago and it was a basic survey of art history (based on the artists you choose).  We really enjoyed it, especially producing works of art similar to the artist being studied.  

     

    I think it could be considered as an elective 1/2 credit  or a full credit (if you add a research paper or 2 on one of the featured artists).  You could also have your student (s) write summaries featuring each artist's style, mediums, and artistic movement.  We studied one artist per week, watching the video and discussing the artist on Tuesday and  doing the artistic project on Friday.  We also incorporated some geography into it as well (studying the artists area of origin).

     

    (btw, I was an art history major in college)

     

     

    Charlotte Mason Science/Nature Study For Dummies

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    I could buy one of everything yesteryear has. Sigh.

     

    So I guess I'll see what they have in print...then what is only in PDF file...I'll have hubby print.

     

    Hunter, I hate to ask, but since you're so familiar with thses...is there anyway you could send a link to the ones that ONLY are on PDF file?

     

    I'd like to have hubby start working in those now and I can start looking for the others at yesteryears site.

    Thanks if you can. And sorry bout the migrane. I get them too.

    I went to the doc and got a preventive. It's a blocker so you don't get them.

    It's called topomax.

     

    In case you don't want medicine my oldest daughter gets them horrible too ( runs in the family )

    The chiropractor recommended she get a piercing on the cartridge in the small part of the ear that's attached to the side of the face.

     

    I took her to get it, when it got peirced she had a migraine and it immediately went away and has never come back.

    Thst was 2 mo ago.

    I'm afraid of needles lol

    But my last migrane...yea. I'm gonna go.

    Hope you feel better

    Did the piercing in that area hurt?  OUCH...just imagining it.  :o)

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    Ambleside for High School?

    in High School and Self-Education Board

    Posted

    I forgot about this part of your post.  Not sure if this is helpful...  Our schedule is a little weird, because my kids are very busy out of the house.  I also need to add that my oldest two kids are very right-brained/hands-on/art-oriented kids.  If you handed them a textbook, they would probably cry.  They learn more from actually *doing* stuff.

     

    Sunday:  Bible studies, Government, Logic

     

    Monday:  Geometry, Spelling (I'm still making mine do spelling), Artist Study, Composer Study, Copywork - On Mondays, 9th grader volunteers most of the day helping a physical therapist (she wants to be a PT) and then both 9th grader and 8th grader teach physical fitness classes all evening to children under 8.

     

    Tuesday:  Geometry, Spelling, History readings, dictation - On Tuesdays, 9th grader volunteers at a pit bull rescue for half the day and then they both teach physical fitness classes to special needs kids in the evening.

     

    Wednesday:  Geometry, Spelling, Geography, Mapwork, Literature readings, Latin, German, Photography project, Art projects

     

    Thursday:  Geometry, Spelling, Latin, German, Literature readings, Poetry, Narrations/writings

     

    Friday:  Grammar, Latin, German, Science, Literature readings, Narrations/writing

     

    Saturday:  Grammar, Science

     

    Someone else mentioned a research paper...I'm making my daughter do one this year, too.  We're following the research paper section in TWTM.  She only has to do one a year, though.

     

    Thanks!  We are also busy outside the house...this will help me a lot!  Thank you.

    Charlotte Mason Science/Nature Study For Dummies

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Nature Study integrated Language Arts

     

    How to Teach Reading 1899 by Emma J. Todd and W. B. Powell  Nature Study pg. 7-30, 36-45, 121-128

    https://books.google.com/books?id=8x8BAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s

    The Normal Course in Reading First Reader 1890 Emma J. Todd pg. 39-74, 85-104

    https://archive.org/details/normalcourseinr07powegoog

    A Normal Course in Reading Second Reader 1895 By Emma J. Todd

    https://books.google.com/books?id=U5AAAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_book_similarbooks

    A Normal Course in Reading Alternate Second Reader 1892 Emma J. Todd

    https://archive.org/details/normalcourseinr10powegoog

    A Normal Course in Reading Third Reader 1892 by Emma J. Todd

    https://books.google.com/books?id=U6UXAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s

    A Normal Course in Reading Alternate Third Reader 1891 How to Read with Open Eyes

    https://archive.org/details/normalcourseinr12powegoog

    A Normal Course in Reading Fourth Reader pg. 73-140, 141-208

    https://archive.org/details/normalcourseinr08powegoog

     

    Nature Study Readers 1898 by John Winthrop Troeger Vol 1

    https://books.google.com/books?id=rzxEAAAAYAAJ&dq=editions:oSWM9tak7eUC&source=gbs_navlinks_s

    Nature Study Readers 1898 by John Winthrop Troeger Vol. 2

    https://books.google.com/books?id=XDxEAAAAYAAJ&dq=editions:oSWM9tak7eUC&source=gbs_navlinks_s

    Nature Study Readers 1899 by John Winthrop Troeger Vol. 3

    https://books.google.com/books?id=SrEXAAAAIAAJ&dq=editions:oSWM9tak7eUC&source=gbs_navlinks_s

    Whoa...nice links!  Thanks!

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    Charlotte Mason Science/Nature Study For Dummies

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Ha-ha...I know. Ya know what I've noticed most thst I seem to say alot on here?

     

    I forgot...I forgot ...I forgot haha!

    You're right. My middle aged brain sometimes goes...eh?? Ha-ha

     

    Oh man, it sure does change the dynamics of everything. And ...books and curriculums are all new too.

    We didn't have thst many choices when our bigs were Young.

    Ya got what ya got! :)

    Saxon math, abeka language ....on down the line.

     

    All these choices nowadays? Plus my middle aged brain?? Oiy... ;)

     

    I notice sometimes in here...I don't finish my thought. Baha!

    Sigh. It is what it is huh?

     

    And not to mention, the bigs interrupt the lils schooling.

    Like my daughter will call smack dab in the middle of the day and wants to talk.

    I'm like...um..honey...tryin to teach your brother to read! Lol.

    She'll b like...OK..one more thing ;/

    Then my DS 20 is home on leave...hell come in the door and go...hey, not to interrupt but....

     

    Ha-ha. Ok. No..you didn't 'interrupt ' ...yesterday my DS 12 said, after DS 20 left the room, ...yea...but he DID interrupt haha :)

    Fun times to be had by all :)

     

    I so love my big family. I can tell you do too.

    I almost told you last nite on here ( I fell asleep instead) Baha.

    But. I always wanted 7 kids. Thsts how many you have right?

    I may have counted wrong. That wouldn't be unusual these days lol ;)

    You are preaching to the choir!!!  I tell my older kids that they are big pains in the neck now (of course they are loved...they just take up too much space and eat our food..*and* interrupt our homeschooling..grin)

     

    We are blessed beyond measure.  I think I would really be stupid if I didn't have so much to do or figure out.  Thankful.

     

    Keep on going, one mountain at a time!  grin.

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    Charlotte Mason Science/Nature Study For Dummies

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    What Hunter said and I am going to get some of the simply Charlotte stuff for that.

     

    It's all done for us.

     

    But mostly how Hunter explained to employ it. Amphibians and such with the ancients..

    We did a salt dough Mao of that region. That was a ton of fun and mine were in middle school then. Fun for all ages. Including mom :)

    I see that you have older and younger children.  It's crazy how the dynamics have changed in our home (and our homeschooling) as a result of olders leaving the nest.   

     

    Then there's the issue of my middle-age distracted brain...but I digress!  LOL!

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    Charlotte Mason Science/Nature Study For Dummies

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    Perhaps some of these resources will work for your remaining three students:

     

    https://simplycharlottemason.com/store/product-category/product-science/

     

    Also, here is a link for Outdoor Hour Challenges at Handbook of Nature Study Blog:

     

    http://handbookofnaturestudy.com/

     

    You might find Nature Study 101 a useful place to begin again:

     

    http://handbookofnaturestudy.com/2011/01/nature-study-helps-and-hints.html/

     

    If you ever do want to go back and reread CM's original series, she discusses Science in Volume 1 (pages 218-223) and Volume 6 (page 264-271). There are Concise Summaries here, as well as a Modern English version here.

     

    In our homeschool, it helped to begin with several modern field guides. While we like Handbook of Nature Study (we downloaded it as a PDF for free), the photos don't do the subjects justice, so modern field guides fill that need nicely. We have field guides (mostly Peterson) for Eastern Birds, Eastern Trees, Flowers, Horses, Rocks & Minerals, Snakes & Reptiles, Astronomy, and something else I am forgetting now.

     

    We also purchased these lovely cards and wall charts from ABeka, even though we don't do their Science courses:

     

    http://www.abeka.com/ABekaOnline/BookDescription.aspx?sbn=25542

     

    http://www.abeka.com/ABekaOnline/BookDescription.aspx?sbn=113042

     

    http://www.abeka.com/ABekaOnline/BookDescription.aspx?sbn=25569

     

    http://www.abeka.com/ABekaOnline/BookDescription.aspx?sbn=108545

     

    I really wish ABeka made a set of cards for trees, instead of just the wall charts (which are nice, but the wrong format for us). My girls have studied the flower, insect, and bird card sets, all on their own, for hours and hours.

     

    We created a Nature Study space in our homeschool room. It's a space for the field guides, our nature study "kits" (more about those later), flower presses, card sets, collections of nature finds, several magnifying glasses, bug jars, critter keepers, and so on. We've had wasps nests, snake sheds, a muskrat skull, a random bone, an empty tortoise shell, deer moss, lichens, tree bark, sticks (and more sticks!), various pine cones, leaves, seeds, acorns, rocks, soil samples, magnets, shells, sand dollars, driftwood, pressed flowers, grass, a robins' nest (in a plastic bag) with eggs (fell out of a tree), insects, spiders (released after a while), a few tadpoles (later released), and more in our Nature Center. We've tried to grow plants there, too, but I can't grow anything for very long. :blushing:

     

    We assembled simple, portable, and compact nature study "kits" for each person. Each kit is in a sturdy plastic box and includes a small (unlined) notebook, pencils, colored pencils, a small magnifying glass (actually a jeweler's loupe), and some other items that the girls want to include. We take these kits on most outings, along with nets, critter keepers, and a few buckets, just in case we come across something awesome. The summer before last, it was assassin bugs, in all their many instars (stages). So scary! Last summer, it was damselfly nymphs at the local creek. That sparked a whole investigation of the life cycle of insects that are aquatic in their lymph stage. Amazing stuff! This summer, to tell the truth, we wimped out and stayed inside, it was so hot and humid. But we'll get back out in September.

     

    I also put together a 3-ring binder with information on some of the nature study opportunities we have near us -- an arboretum, a botanical garden, a fish hatchery, an aquarium, a zoo, rock collecting sites, wildlife management areas, watersheds, nature classes, federal parks, state parks, county parks, and so on. We've been able to get out more, simply because we know what's available to us locally. It's very helpful to collect the brochures at state parks; they are a well of information. Also, if you have a nature center near you, use their layout to glean ideas for your own nature study.

     

    If you have a fourth grader, you may be able to get a free year-long pass to federal parks, if they decide to renew the program for another year. At present, they haven't posted the registration for the new school year. We'll see if they do, since I have two fourth graders this year!

     

    https://everykidinapark.gov/get-your-pass/

     

    If you decide to study birds, Cornell Ornithology is a goldmine of ideas and resources. Winter is a lovely time to study birds, depending on where you live. We put out bird feeders all winter long, and have truly enjoyed our winter guests over the years. We feed the hummingbirds in summer, too, and are sad when they leave us.

     

    If you find something and don't know what it is, you can snap a photo of it and research it later at home, using an online search. Look for "dichotomous key" and then whatever you want to identify. For example -- "dichotomous key" leaf -- if you can't identify a leaf.

     

    The National Wildlife Foundation has some good articles on nature study. Here's one on phenology, a topic most people don't consider when thinking about nature study.

     

    https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Conservation/Phenology.aspx

     

    HTH.

    I really like the idea of the "nature study kits."  That would save us a lot of fumbling around for pencils, notebooks, etc. I am considering making small nature totebags or boxes that could be carried along on our hikes.  Thanks for all of the info!

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    Charlotte Mason Science/Nature Study For Dummies

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    At one time the Charlotte Mason how-to books dominated our bookshelves (during the 90's).  However, after adding many children to our brood as well as trying to keep my head above water, these books were sold & forgotten.

     

    Fast forward to now.  3 children have left our nest and the younger ones are getting older.  A few of them are requiring a different educational approach, and Charlotte Mason entered the picture once again as a possible route.  

     

    My brain is not nearly as absorbent as it once was, so reading the CM how-to books is not my preference for learning her science teaching methods.  

     

    If anyone here is well-versed in CM science and would be willing to give a Cliff's Notes summary, I would be thankful.

     

    BTW, this would be for the elementary/middle school years.

     

    Thanks!!

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