Here's what happens when I have a good day or two. I get totally distracted and don't post!
We have now caught up with Math from when Luke was sick, and everything is rolling merrily along. Unfortunately, I'm getting the lousy cold now, and it's going to be lousy weather tomorrow. Yuck. Still have to go out as we are doing crafts for our history class tomorrow.
Picturing America did a great job of collecting works that really represent the history of our country, and the teacher's guide does a good job of going over what the kids should learn, and ways to help them learn them.
Tomorrow we will be going over the Native People's baskets. There are examples from pretty much all over the country (ok, not the northeast, but what can you do?) and we will be making coiled clay vessels much like they made in the American Southwest. And this is only the first one!
If you want to access the art online, go to http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/ The whole collection includes photos, paintings, stained glass, quilts and architecture. There is an amazing amount of info available online at this site.
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