Good morning welcome to our Homeschool Resources: Cooking,Language Arts & Art. I would like to ask you to take a look at the websites below and let me know if you’ve used any of the resources with your students. As for Charlie he hasn’t had the opportunity to try these resources out but I hope to soon.
Engaging online video courses help your kids master essential cooking skills. Your kids will make entire recipes on their own with confidence while you all enjoy quality family time.
HighlightsKids.com: Highlights Magazine Fun!
Highlights Magazine sponsors this website that features free engaging stories and activities to build language arts skills while covering multiple subjects such as Science, History, Social Studies, and more. When you get to the site you’ll see some featured stories and activities. Use the menu at the top of the screen to access:
- Stories
- Jokes
- Games
- Explore
- Share
- Listen
This site is full of online adventure! You’ll enjoy it – and so will your kids!
Breaking the Barrier Foreign Language Courses
The award-winning Breaking the Barrier world Language series gives learners a rock-solid understanding of Language fundamentals and Cultural Insights through engaging, multisensory content that builds knowledge and Language fluency.
Draw and Color with Uncle Fred
Grades K-8, with parental supervision
Your kids will love learning how to draw with “Uncle Fred”– who was the Artist/Writer of the Barney Google and Snuffy Smith comic strip.
When you get to the site just pick the cartoon subject you want to draw, click on it, and a new page opens with easy, step-by-step instructions (use the ‘next’ button to see each instruction). Soon, you will have your own cartoon art gallery that includes the following subjects:
- surfer
- chef
- bunny
- chimpanzee
- panda
- kitty
- walrus
- happy puppy
- penguin
- and more!
This is a great way to learn to draw painlessly.
Over the past three decades, the Emmy Award-winning Mark Kistler has taught millions of children how to draw on TV and in workshops around the world. Share Mark Kistler’s Draw3D, a suite of pre-recorded video lessons, with your entire household!
Library of Congress: Bob Hope and American Variety
Grade 5 and up (approximately), with parental supervision
The Library of Congress offers this free online presentation of the life of entertainer Bob Hope and the history of American Variety entertainment including Vaudeville, Radio, Movies, Television, and more.
Using photographs, illustrations, and text this exhibit provides a biography of Hope’s career that provides fascinating Historical information about the performing arts as well.
When you get to the website use the menu located under the title, “SECTIONS” that includes:
- Early Life – Find out where Bob Hope was born, his real name, and how he got his start in show business.
- Vaudeville – Discover Hope’s journey through vaudeville and get some terrific insight about what made this artform so popular.
- Motion Pictures – Learn about the country’s transition to film making and the role of Hope’s series of “Road” pictures from 1940-1962 with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour.
- Joke File – Explore Hope’s theft-proof joke vault with more than 85,00 pages of bits, sketches, and jokes created by his team of comedy writers.
- On The Road: USO Shows – Read about Hope’s 50-years of performing variety shows for U.S. troops.
This interesting exhibition about Hope’s life provides keen insight into American history, culture, life, and values. It may springboard interest in watching some of Hope’s films that the whole family may find entertaining. You can rent DVDs of Hope’s “Road” pictures such as Road to Singapore and Road to Rio. Your public library may have them as well.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
