It’s Saturday, August 17, 2019, and time for Art in our Homeschooling class! I have a Recommended Website: I would like for you to check out Color Matters for Kids
Color Matters for Kids
Age Range: 6-12 (Grades 1-8, with parental supervision) At this website, real-life Color Professor Jill Morton, provides kids with information about the science, history, and symbolism of color.
The topics are quite unusual and include:
- How Animals See Color – Explanations and actual photographs that demonstrate what you see and what your dog sees.
- Why Are School Buses Yellow? – Enjoy a brief discussion of “true yellow” and some facts about the color yellow you might not have known.
- Look Inside the Eye – Find out how cones and rods in the eye’s retina determine the colors that humans, insects, birds and animals see.
- Colors & What You Wear – What do you know about the colors of pink and blue? Find out what colors mean in different cultures.
- And more
When you are through exploring the kids’ section of the site, use the menu to explore color in depth. Professor Morton provides the sum total of every color course she’s ever taught and all the research she’s conducted on this site that is a continuation of her passion for color. You’ll find out how color affects:
- Symbolism
- Design
- Marketing
- The Body
- Vision
- Science
- And more!
Age Range: 11-18 (Grades 6-12, with parental supervision) With the aid of this ad-supported website, students can work on their mastery of the Spanish language. The lessons focus on vocabulary and grammar as well as pronunciation.
When arriving at today’s link, you will find available lessons broken down into four categories:
- Learn the Basics of Spanish – includes the alphabet, popular words, numbers, and Spanish verbs
- Learn Spanish Phrases – Learn useful phrases pertaining to courtesy, greetings and meeting people, the weather, visiting a hotel, hospital, post office, or restaurant, and much more.
- Learn Spanish Grammar – Lessons in this category are also broken down by beginner, intermediate, and advanced skill levels.
- Learn Spanish Vocabulary – Discover all kinds of vocabulary words regarding food, home, travel, transportation, entertainment, business, family, animals, and much more.
Lessons provide the Spanish word with English translation and are usually accompanied by an audio file.
This website is simple to navigate and provides a no-frills way to supplement your Spanish studies.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
