Remember our page-a -day art calendar? We are finally on the flip side of the pages now that half of the year is gone.
Yesterday we came upon a Greek amphora in the calendar. What a great time to do some review! This year our history focus is ancient civilizations, so we’ll be covering Ancient Greece in a few months. I pulled out Sprite’s Ancient Greece lapbook made in her first grade year.
She laughed at her handwriting, coloring, and writing. It was fun for her (and me) to see her progress over these years by remembering the simplistic way she wrote then. She read through all the minibooks and got a little Ancient Greece review in the bargain.
Sure enough, we found the minibook about Greek pottery. And there was the amphora, defined for us.
We’ve really enjoyed the art calendar, and I think I’m going to go ahead and buy the 2011 one soon. Amazon usually sells out before the new year comes, and I don’t want to miss out. I love it when a tool is such an eclectic mix — art, artist study, history, and geography. There are constant opportunities for review and new learning.
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Hi Jimmie,
We enjoy our art calendar too – the Great Wave is up today as you know! The girls all love turning it over for the new day. It has introduced us to a lot of new artists we have never studied before.
We have just started reading our first Shakespeare Play. We chose Henry V as we’ve studied him in History and it’s recommended by Susan Wise Bauer as a good starting play. Your Shakespeare lens has been very helpful – thankyou!
Will do a blogpost about it when I get around to it.
Rachael.
I’ve had the 2011 calendar on order for months and just received it last week. Exquisite!
We ordered ours last week…first time I made it before they sold out. I had remembered your post about it last year and was eager to get one for our home.
Thanks for the recommendation.
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Oh, I’m going to check this out. I hadn’t thought of that. I have to admit I usually get what’s left at Barnes and Noble after the year has started.
I think it’s great to have her look at her older work so she can see how much she has learned over the years!
What a good idea! I’m inspired and off to the shops!
We also look at ‘old’ work and smile about it. My daughter is always amazed how ‘childish’ her old work looks. But there is much more going on when looking at your old work (also when I look at my older paintings or articles). It brings back ‘old’ knowledge almost instantly. It is like re-living the knowledge. And having a look at your own progress is very powerful feedback. Apart from that, I also think it shows a young student to step back a little and ‘judge’ her/his own work.
Enjoy Ancient Greece!
What a great resource!
I love looking back at older work. It does give you a chuckle. Mackenzie and I went back a couple of weeks ago and looked at our really old blog posts. We were just cracking up. It’s amazing how fast time goes.
Thanks for this post (and the previous one) about these calendars! I ordered a few for gifts back in the beginning of the summer, and they are just now arriving. I gave one to my friend yesterday for a birthday gift, and she loved it! I plan on keeping one for myself!
We just got the 2011 one in the mail last week! I’m looking forward to using it.
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