helena Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 :001_smile: I hope someone else finds this useful. Our plan is to have a more creative Friday. We're thinking poetry, Spencerian Cursive, French homework, nature studies, piano, etc. Hopefully this list will keep me on track to getting projects done. We'll see how it goes! I had planned to do a year long orchestra, opera, ballet study. But the real theme of the year is Keep It Simple!!! So, I decided it weave it into a year of arts and crafts, neat books, music (we like to create to French pop :tongue_smilie:), youtube clips, etc. Part 1 Artsy Fridays WEEK 1 -Watch Bugs Bunny conduct *youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy6IZp-_oMA -Listen to The Composer is Dead By Lemony Snicket *library WEEK 2 -Read (over week 2) The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra By Ben Kingsley -Listen to accompanying CD *library -If the CD is missing, listen to: -Play game http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/music/kamien9e/part01/chapter02/youngpersonsguide/brittenguideinteractive.htm -Play game http://listeningadventures.carnegiehall.org/ypgto/game.aspx WEEK 3 -Watch tutorial on sculpting *youtube -Sculpt with self-hardening clay using new sculpting tools -Listen to Swan Lake (The Ballets: Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake) *Rhapsody WEEK 4 -Read The Young Person’s Guide to the Ballet by Ganeri (over week 3) *library -Watch Ballerina Documentary *Netflix WEEK 5 Fall Equinox -Make Apple doll heads http://www.appledolls.org/page2.html -Cook Apple butter in the crock pot http://www.food.com/recipe/crock-pot-apple-butter-93886 -Listen to Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Andre Previn *Rhapsody WEEK 6 -Watercolor painting (wet and dry) on 22x30 paper -Listen to Karen Ann’s La Disparition *Rhapsody WEEK 7 -Read The Royal Book of Ballet (over week 7) *home library -Watch youtube ballet clips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxewIq7DG3A&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsuPn9695iE WEEK 8 -Make Wheat Sun from Crafts Through the Year *home library -Listen to Vox CD Story of Beethoven in words and music *home library WEEK 9 -Read Tales From the Ballet by Louis Untermeyer (over week 9) -Watch ballet clips *youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRniCHjMBrI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uthSz6nPg2Y&feature=fvwrel WEEK 10 -Read (Backstage) and play Hansel and Gretel Learning about Opera! http://www.classicalkusc.org/kids/opera/index.asp WEEK 11 -Collect fall foliage on nature walks (over week 11) -Fall mobile from Crafts Through the Year -Listen to Serge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson (re-issue) *Rhapsody WEEK 12 -Listen to The Constellations- A Guide to the Orchestra CD By Jonathan Peters *Rhapsody -Sculpt with Beeswax WEEK 13 -Watch corn husk doll tutorial: http://www.activitytv.com/411-thanksgiving-corn-husk-doll -Use Crafts Through the Year by Berger for additional instructions -Listen to Vox Stories of Vivaldi & Corelli in words and music *home library WEEK 14 -make kite paper stars from Crafts Through the Year by Thomas and Petra Berger -Listen to Carla Bruni’s Quelqu’un M’a Dit *Rhapsody WEEK 15 Listen to George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker (over week 15) *Rhapsody -Watch The Nutcracker/Baryshnikov DVD http://www.amazon.com/The-Nutcracker-Baryshnikov-Kirkland-Charmoli/dp/B0002S6428/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1341810715&sr=8-2&keywords=the+nutcracker *library -Read Tchaikovsky Discovers America *home library WEEK 16 -Read Snowflake Bentley By Jacqueline Martin *home library -Make giant paper snowflakes -Listen to Vince Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown Christmas *Rhapsody WEEK 17 -Make glass jar lanterns from Crafts Through the Year -Listen to Vox Stories of Schumann & Grieg in words and music *home library Week 18 -Listen to David Bowie Narrates Peter and the Wolf (over week 18) *Rhapsody -Watch Disney’s Peter and the Wolf film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILI3s7Wonvg -Watch Peter and the Wolf DVD *library WEEK 19 -Make Transparencies with a frame from Crafts Through the Year -Listen to Benjamin Biolay’s Negatif WEEK 20 -Read Magic Wool by Schmidt and Jaffke (over week 20) *home library -Make a woolen picture -Listen to Vox Foster & Sousa Their Story & Music *home library WEEK 21 -Doodle-Stitching by Aimee Ray read pages 6-34 (over week 21) -Watch tutorials for each stitch taught *youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YruTAz86tT4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_k359bIfHw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7zyzRDd_r4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2_6aumcvPU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qoe9ftF_zTU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLYdbatulwM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JyFBXtsO34 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1Cq24d5-8s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl6Bj7IePx8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBz-bATYl5o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUAD6yFYju0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oQugwEjngQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85kFXzOw_Lw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDM4bO7jB1Q -Complete one project from book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 part 2 WEEK 22 -Listen to The Magic Flute (over week 22) The Magic Flute Joseph Greindl *Rhapsody -Read The Magic of Mozart Mozart, The Magic Flute, and the Salzburg Marrionettes by, Ellen Switzer (over week 22) *library -Watch youtube clip of Salzburg Marrionette’s Magic Flute -Watch The Magic Flute, An Opera Fantasy *library WEEK 23 -Listen to Canyon Trilogy by Carlos Nakai (over week 23) -Read Indian Craft and Lore by, W. Ben Hunt (over week 23) -Listen to Robbie Roberson Music for the Native Americans -Complete one Native American Craft from NA box -Watch video clip from Youtube: WEEK 24 -Read TallChief by Maria Tallchief -Watch Tallchief video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F0caHz7A6Y *youtube -Read Ballet for Martha Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg *library -Watch video *youtube WEEK 25 -Read opera The Barber of Seville by Johanna Johnston *library -Watch Figaro’s aria *youtube -Watch Bugs Bunny Barber of Seville http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55G7T8VdWEs *youtube -WEEK 26 -Read American Folk Art for Kids by Richard Panchyk (over week 26) *library -Look through The Flowering of American Folk Art by Jean Lipman *library -Complete one project -Listen to Marie Warnant’s De un a Dix Week 27 Spring Equinox -Watch Flower arrangement videos (over week 27): -Check out books for inspiration: http://www.amazon.com/Flowers-Style-Recipes-David-Matheson/dp/1740895363/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342735363&sr=1-1&keywords=flowers+style+recipes http://www.amazon.com/Jane-Packers-at-Home-Flowers/dp/1849751196/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342735484&sr=1-1&keywords=at+home+with+flowers http://www.amazon.com/Tussie-Mussies-Language-Geraldine-Adamich-Laufer/dp/0761120661/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342735521&sr=1-1&keywords=tussie-mussies+the+language+of+flowers http://www.amazon.com/Lore-Legends-Flowers-Robert-Crowell/dp/0690039913/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342735756&sr=1-1&keywords=lore+and+legends+of+flowers *library -On Thursday, go around the neighborhood collecting greens and branches also a variety of vases -On Friday, make arrangements -Listen to Carla Bruni’s Comme Si De Rien N’Etait *Rhapsody WEEK 28 -Complete Monet Art Activity Pack *home library -Listen to Stacey Kent’s Raconte-Moi -Play on NGA Kids http://www.nga.gov/kids/ WEEK 29 -Make paper doves mobile from Crafts Through the Year -Listen to Jacques Brel’s Ne Me Quitte Pas (Vol.14) *Rhapsody WEEK 30 -Read Stories From the Opera by Shahrukh (over week 30) *library -Watch clips *youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWfrnA7ApnY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiz0J99CaBQ&feature=related - WatchBugs Bunny video *youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2VMqQ6XnmI WEEK 31 -Read Feltcraft Making Dolls, gifts and Toys by Petra Berger (over week 31) -Complete one project -Listen to Francoise Hardy’s Soleil *Rhapsody WEEK 32 -Read about Ukiyo-e in Art of Japan: Wood- Block Color Prints by Carol Finley *library -Watch tutorials on Ukiyo-e process *youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmcaAEDV1xE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bHomYLrTME&NR=1&feature=endscreen -Using Artistic Pursuits complete a printmaking project -Listen to Coralie Clement’s Toystore *Rhapsody WEEK 33 -Read websites on natural dye (Mon-Wed) http://www.pioneerthinking.com/naturaldyes.html http://www.vickilicious.com/knit/2008/05/natural-dyeing.html -Gather materials (Thurs) -Watch tutorial on dyeing yarn with Easter egg dye http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPOnZ4zyq8s -dye yarn (Fri) WEEK 34 -Read When Marian Sang by Brian Selznick *library -Watch performance at Lincoln Memorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAONYTMf2pk -Listen to Ave Maria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2asMAfRKH0&feature=related WEEK 35 -Make and fly a kite -Read instructions http://thefarmkids.com/tag/diamond-kite -Watch tutorial *youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2QLdTiOU3c WEEK 36 -Read Lady White Snake, A Tale From Chinese Opera by Aaron Shepard *library -Watch clips of Chinese opera *youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMP9zR_2z0o&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmn-2bGmvfI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsJ-UPHuM54 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieE Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 That is AWE-SOME!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather R Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Thanks so much for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Could I say that even though it isn't exactly what I need for the age of my dc, I find your plans very inspiring! Thanks for sharing! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 I could keep cleaning it up and refining it (it needs it), but I've just got to stop working on it. It started to make my head hurt. :tongue_smilie: We'll still be hitting the theater, museums, concerts, and gardens during the school year. This is my attempt at giving my kids what they asked for in school. They don't mind doing the tougher school work, but they want to do creative stuff too. I hope following this schedule will create the mood they're looking for. I purposely kept it easy peasy, there's no hard reading or memorizing dates, nothing like that. Now, I'm going to plan out nature studies. :w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Wow! This is really great helena! Thanks so much for sharing. Now, I'm going to plan out nature studies. :w00t: If you don't mind would you also post your plans for nature studies? It would be a great reference for ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delirium Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Woot! Thanks a million for sharing. Its sounds like a lot of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paintedlady Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 I LOVE it! I want to come to your house on Fridays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 What time are you thinking of doing it? We'll bring over a snack and our own materials... :-) Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenie Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 This is great! Thanks for sharing.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 Wow! This is really great helena! Thanks so much for sharing. If you don't mind would you also post your plans for nature studies? It would be a great reference for ideas! I'd be happy to! I'm working on it right now. It's going to be very simple, and also a Friday only thing. This is my first time planning out like this. Does planning down to the detail work? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Wow, very inspiring. You must have spent a ton of time on this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Absolutely incredible!! You are so generous to share this with us so we can shamelessly steal your ideas... err, I mean... use it to carefully build our own plans!! :D Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyWImom Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I'd be happy to! I'm working on it right now. It's going to be very simple, and also a Friday only thing. This is my first time planning out like this. Does planning down to the detail work? :lol: I think you were smart to plan down to the detail, because when I have tried to "add in art & music", it works until we get too busy, and then gets forgotten, because I don't have it all planned out. I am so thankful for this, and I am so going to duplicate it! I had a bunch of Waldorf craft sites & tutorials that I put on my Pinterest page for just that purpose, and now you have done my hard work for me!!:party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMOm Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Wow- this is fabulous! I hope you will share your nature study plans when you finish them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 What age are your dc? I like your plan. Can I use it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 What age are your dc?I like your plan. Can I use it? They'll be 11 and 13 in the fall. Yes! Please use what ever you can from this schedule. It makes me happy to know that this might save someone some time and work. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Thanks for sharing and I want the nature plans too. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 I'm working on nature studies... :willy_nilly: I wanted to quickly post this amazing link (thanks to Jenny in Florida). You can watch performances live in HD from The Metropolitan Opera, in your (hopefully) local theater. I'm planning to add this in as well. http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/liveinhd/unitedstates.aspx Hope this comes in handy to someone. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foster_sk Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Very creative! Thanks for sharing! I may just borrow this. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyB Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharmacat Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Yes! Please use what ever you can from this schedule. It makes me happy to know that this might save someone some time and work. :001_smile: I hereby send you a virtual kiss (<3) from this newbie HS mom. As others have said, without your work and generosity I probably would not have gotten to the arts this year. Many, many thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Have i mentioned I want to join? :) I am hoping to increase the arts this year myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 I hereby send you a virtual kiss (<3) from this newbie HS mom. As others have said, without your work and generosity I probably would not have gotten to the arts this year. Many, many thanks for sharing! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Have i mentioned I want to join? :) I am hoping to increase the arts this year myself. You need to move to the west coast! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Keep your yearly schedules coming. I think I may have found my new curriculum for next year;) Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Just read your Nature plans & searched this thread out. You are amazing. You've inspired me! I'll have to change what you did a pinch because of being in the S. Hemisphere, but I LOVE what you've done! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma2Luke Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 this is awesome!! Is there a link to the nature plans? Thanks so much for sharing! Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmvaughan4 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 That's great! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 this is awesome!! Is there a link to the nature plans? Thanks so much for sharing! Wow! Here it is: http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/showthread.php?t=412300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Bumping helena's awesome plan. It is an old thread with some great content. Next year, I want our Fridays to be more like this. Tweaked (of course) to suit our interests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly1730 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Thank you for bumping this, I would never have seen it. I would love to incorporate something like this on our non co-op Fridays. Thank you Helena for sharing all your hard work. Seeing how this thread is a year old, how did it work for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 I've had a few people ask me to update this. I'm going to drink my coffee and collect my thoughts. I'll be back! :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Helena, that would be fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 Overall it was a big hit. I'll be doing a similar plan again this year. What worked: - Having this schedule printed out and put in a folder was awesome! We used a highlighter to mark off everything we completed. - Having it on the computer was nice to have quick access to the youtube links. - There was no stress gathering materials. I already had most things on hand, and because I was so organized , it was easy to pick up the few remaining supplies. - I loved knowing which books/dvds we owned, and which ones I needed from the library. - Because art day was on Friday, it was easy to let it flow into the weekend. - It felt like we did a little of everything, nothing was left out. What didn't work: - Some of the projects were painful to complete. - Some (though very few) were never done. They say it'll all get done this summer. - A few of the youtube links didn't work by the time we got to them. - Some of it felt like a project we've already done a million times. - No real (serious) art technique instruction... no mastering a skill. - No fine art study, mostly handicrafts There's probably a lot of good and bad I'm forgetting, but this is it in a nut shell. Right away I realized my mistake in not enough fine arts. I scored on a few sets of big art prints and converted a big bulletin board into a picture study space. I printed and mounted the title of the work, and the name, country, and photo of painter. Every so often I'd take out a few new prints and have the girls choose an old print to come down (very fun for some reason :tongue_smilie: )and a new one to go up on the board. Then we'd take turns asking questions from a list I printed up: "Why did you choose to take that painting down?", "How do the colors affect the painting?" *Computer's acting weird.. posting this and finishing in a new post!!* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missouri Okie Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Thanks! I'm book-marking now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 The other thing I did was order all the Dover art sticker books (during a sale) and had the girls add them into their timelines. Sooo... history-ish, art. :) http://store.doverpublications.com/by-subject-stationery--seasonal-books--gift-sets-fine-art-stickers.html It was a fun project! They picked out one or more of their favorites from each book. We also did some Sister Wendy DVDs. My plans for next year?? I'll stick with the same format. I like the "do this thing at this time." The picture study board is here to stay. I bought some albums and have tons of postcards to do this: http://www.charlottemasonhelp.com/2009/07/our-picture-studies.html (scroll down to bottom) Sister Wendy was a big hit. We were unbelievably sick when we watched them, and I don't know, is it weird to have more of those set aside as what we do when we have the plague? :) I want to cover the basic art movements. It would be kind of fun to make a matching game of pictures and titles from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_art_movements. Hmmm... I'm thinking of making it more of a seasonal schedule and not just art. I got a massive stack of old Martha Stewart magazines for free and I've been tearing out everything I like. There's seasonal cooking and beverages, seasonal handicrafts, seasonal gardening. I kind of like that idea, especially since fine art is kind of taking on a different life of its own. We're cozy people, I think the seasonal thing adds warmth. I can't believe how much we did this year! I have all kinds of beautiful projects, even better, lots of great memories! I'll post pics if I can figure out how to do it on the new boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 This is wonderful! I posted in this last summer then forgot all about it. So I'm glad for the reminder, as I really want to incorporate more going forward. Love the idea of adding seasonal things to the rotation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 This is wonderful! I posted in this last summer then forgot all about it. So I'm glad for the reminder, as I really want to incorporate more going forward. Love the idea of adding seasonal things to the rotation. Thanks! :) I'd be happy to post the new schedule when I'm done with it. I'm hoping for a lot of fresh ideas and projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicia64 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 What week or month are you starting? This is wonderful! Alley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 What week or month are you starting? This is wonderful! Alley We start mid-August and go through the end of May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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