Paintbrush Art Awards- 2013!

We just wrapped up the school year with our homeschool co-ops. We're thankful to share so much time with these friends the Lord has brought into our lives.

Last year's post on the paintbrush awards has become quite popular and some people have been wanting to see this year's awards. So... without further ado...

Leonardo da Vinci Study
The Mona Lisa

Look at how unique each interpretation is!
*Grades* ranging from preschool to 8th.

Beatrix Potter- The Noah Plan Quarter Two, Week Seven

The Noah Plan- Literature

Quarter Two, Week 7, 8, 9

{Download your free notebook pages at the end of this post!}

Since the next three weeks cover Peter Rabbit and Friends, I'm only going to do one post on it. There are some free notebook pages to carry you through all three weeks. :)

I always love this study! Beatrix Potter is one of my favorite authors/artists. The creative way she drew the charming characters draws children in and causes them to imagine wonderful little things about nature as well. Children also learn quite a bit about society during Beatrix Potter's lifetime: vocabulary, clothing, manners, and life lessons.

When I taught our older children about her, we had a lot of fun with our author scrapbook project (they helped choose illustrations to go in it).This year I wanted to do something different. Instead of doing a separate Beatrix Potter Day Celebration, we are turning this lesson into a celebration. We'll sip some tea, read and discuss stories, and I have an extra special project in mind that I think my kids will love! I intend on sharing about it very soon with all of you :) 

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I also have her books specially displayed. This is a favorite little corner for the kids to go to because they, too, enjoy her tales so much.

Download your free notebook pages for Weeks 7, 8, 9 of Quarter Two! 

If you would like Bible Principle literature guides for some of  the Peter Rabbit and Friends stories, they can be purchased at this post for only $5.00!

Did you know there is a Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Royal Ballet Film?!! I just came across it! Here are the clips in case you'd like to enjoy them in your study, too! :)

Part 1/4

 

Part 2/4





Part 3/4




Part 4/4





Blessings!

 

 

The Beatrix Potter Giveaway Winner!

Congratulations goes out to Lucy Pope!

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She won my unique hand crafted artisan game which corresponds with my Peter Rabbit Literature Guides!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the giveaway!

Thanks again to Gina Glenn at A Cherished Keeper
for hosting this giveaway!

Blessings!

Heather

Literature- Beatrix Potter

As a child, I always enjoyed looking at the little books in the Peter Rabbit series by Beatrix Potter. They were the first books which I looked forward to reading once we made it to the children's section of the library. To this day I enjoy them and I am thankful to have a small collection of them for my children. I really enjoyed learning about Beatrix Potter when we did our literature study on her.

If you have The Noah Plan Curriculum (aka NP) for Kindergarten, this post will be especially helpful to you with links for notebooking! You are welcome to use the free Bible Principle lesson I created for The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher whether or not you have the NP Curriculum! Please consider purchasing the Bible Principle Literature Guides for the other listed stories by Beatrix Potter.

My Tutorial for assembling a Bible Principle Study!

The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter

Buy the Following Pack of Literature Guide e-books for only $5.00!

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter

 A Fun Idea!

I do like to scrapbook and I just had to compile scrapbook pages for some of the authors we studied in our  lessons. I compiled these in what I call a "Family Author Study Scrapbook." If scrapbooking isn't your thing, just scrap this idea! :o)

I printed off coloring pages from this website (you just have to scroll down a bit to find the links to download the coloring pages). Our children took down some notes on a sheet about the author as well. All of these were filed in their notebooks.

You can read some of her biography here. Researching this on your own will make your study unique as you will pull information from it that appeals to you or impresses upon you.

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends animated films are enjoyable (if you can get around brief scenes of a rat using a snuff box in one of the cartoons, some rats getting drunk at Christmas time, and smoking.)

I like very few movies and I was thankful that Miss Potter was decent (modestly attired women, proper manners, no swearing, no innuendos, no promiscuous behavior, etc.)! The cast is wonderful, the acting superb, the setting is gorgeous... and oh to see the Lake District in person!

I hope you enjoy the free Bible Principle lessons and that they help you understand how to go about creating your own! :o)