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Art Calendar for Review

August 10, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 10 Comments

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 […]

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World War 1 Notebook or Lapbook

January 28, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 12 Comments

Another period of history is complete; this time it’s World War 1. We used the Eyewitness WW1 book as our main resource, and I pulled a few chapters from True Stories of the First World War. The stories were not as good as I’d hoped. They had more of a textbook style than narrative style. […]

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Independent Research Project — Pigeons

December 31, 2009 By Jimmie Quick 14 Comments

My art lesson is held in a rooftop studio where my teacher’s husband raises chickens and pigeons in pens nearby. Sprite loves to go with me and help “Pigeon King” care for the birds. He confided in her one day that of all the young students my art teacher has taught over the years, Sprite […]

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Moving West History Pockets

December 2, 2009 By Jimmie Quick 6 Comments

Evan Moor’s History Pockets: Moving West, Grades 4-6 is part of our Winter Promise (American Story 2) curriculum. History Pockets work well for people like us who enjoy paper crafts and lapbooking. Here is the book and our pocket. I mostly made it part of Sprite’s “On My Own” work. Each week I give her […]

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Verdi Composer Study and Opera Lapbook

November 16, 2009 By Jimmie Quick 4 Comments

We’ve chosen Giuseppe Verdi as our composer of the term, and Verdi means opera! I bought this opera DVD (pirated, shhhh….) for less than $2 —Verdi’s Il Trovatore , Metropolitan Opera (1988).   I have to admit, it was my first exposure, ever, to opera. And surprisingly, Sprite and I both liked it! Granted, it’s totally […]

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