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Melissa | April 20, 2008
1) While sifting through books from my library I found another great read for studying clouds: The Man Who Named the Clouds by Julie Hannah and Joan Holub About this book: Born in England in 1772, Luke Howard began keeping a weather journal when he was 10 years old. He maintained [...]
Melissa | April 19, 2008
This is definitely our most favorite nature craft we’ve done yet! The clay nature prints turned out beautifully! This project took us a couple of days to fully complete, but it was WELL worth it. My original inspiration for this craft came from The Artful Parent. We started by setting out on a [...]
Melissa | April 17, 2008
Our first Clouds Unit Study day went very well (to find all my original plans for this unit study, scrolll down or click on the LINK). Here’s an overview of what we did for our first day: Bible: Genesis 9:13 – God set His rainbow in the clouds as a sign. Read four pages [...]
Melissa | April 16, 2008
(photo from our backyard in spring 2007 of cumulus clouds) “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands” – Psalm 19:1 I’ve been busy with preparing the CM Carnival, but also have been working hard planning a mini unit study on clouds. We plan on wrapping up our [...]
Melissa | April 15, 2008
Welcome to the Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival! In my neck of the woods Spring has sprung, and I am beginning to reap the huge benefits of sunshine and warmer weather. And I’ve also been enjoying the vast benefits of reading these fantastic articles! So without further ado, shall we get started so you can do [...]
Melissa | April 11, 2008
We got together today with my good friend Jennifer and her children to do Art and Music Friday. Jennifer first taught the kids a lesson on Monet. These were a few of her favorite books that she used: Claude Monet – Sunshine and Water Lilies Monet and the Impressionists for Kids The [...]
