Without having seen the Sistine Chapel one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving. (Johann Wolfgang Goethe in 1787 in Rome) Between 1508 and 1512, Michelangelo accomplished one of the most stunning works of art ever created: he painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling. This astounding artistic and religious achievement has attracted people for [...]
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Review: Bound for Glory
Here’s a beautiful gift book that could be used in a homeschool as well. Bound for Glory is a volume of expressive calligraphy and thoughtful reflections on African American spirituals. Each of the 52 spirituals is allotted a colorful two-page spread. The calligraphy that Timothy R. Botts ‘stewed over’ for 8 years vividly expresses the [...]
Curriculum Choice Review: Art with a Purpose
I love art and even considered making it my career. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on which child I’m talking to), I never seem to get around to teaching art as a hands-on, let’s-get-creative-and-make-a-mess activity. I don’t know why; it’s just one of those things. So what do my children do for art? Well, we do [...]
Curriculum Choice Review: Dover Coloring Books
We have many, many Dover coloring books, and they have changed the life of at least one of our children. Miss 12 spends hours carefully coloring fashions of the past. She has learned so much history simply from studying the pictures and reading the captions. In fact, when she looks at paintings she can date [...]
Homeschool Crew Review: Graphics Toolbox
“A picture speaks a thousand words.” Shouldn’t your pictures speak your words? This is the premise of Graphics Toolbox, a program that allows you to make amazing graphics easily. With this program you can manipulate photos, easily cut out parts, rotate them, fix backgrounds, add ribbons and text in any color you choose, [...]
Homeschool Crew Review: abcteach
We’re not a worksheet kind of family. At all. So when we were offered a month’s free membership with abcteach, I wasn’t excited. I thought it was just some massive, boring worksheet factory. Dutifully I began to explore the site so that I could write a review… and what I found thrilled me. There’s [...]
Review: Primary Language Lessons and Intermediate Language Lessons
Even though we have been using them for almost a decade, there are two little hard back books that still give me joy almost every time I open them. Primary Language Lessons and Intermediate Language Lessons, both by Emma Serl, are full of wonderful yet inexpensive language lessons for the elementary years. (Note, using [...]
