For those of you who don’t know Charlie I would like to let you know Art is his favorite subject in school. This morning I would like to share Homeschooling Resources for Art.
I would like to let you know I can’t wait to check out all these new resources with Charlie. I am hopping if we begin a Art class that I will be able to get Charlie off Electronics for a bit.
Even though we aren’t Homeschooling at the moment I still try and work with Charlie every day to help prepare him for Middle School. Because I would hate to see Charlie struggle.
- Noble Man with Hand on Chest by El Greco
- El Buen Pastor by Murillo
- The Maids of Honour by Velazquez
- The Sunshade by Goya
- The Duke of Lerma by Rubens
- Still Life by Zurbaran
- The Puppet by Goya
Click on any one, and a new page opens with a black and white coloring page of the masterpiece. Print it out, and your child can color it. The coloring page includes a paragraph of information about the picture and the artist who painted it.
This provides a great opportunity to introduce kids to art and art history. In fact, to further the learning, click on the words “The Prado” in the introduction, and you can see pictures of the real artwork on display at the museum. (Click on the images for a larger view.)
Note: These 2 pages are part of the vast CyberSpain.com website that provides info on the art, life, and culture of Spain. We did not review the rest of the site. Therefore, as always, PARENTS SHOULD PREVIEW the site to determine suitability of content for your own children.
- Native Languages of the Americas – Online Resources
- Native American Language Families – Explore over 25 Amerindian language families
- Recommended Books about Native American Languages – links to purchase books about Native American languages
- Selected Links about Native American Languages – links to other related websites
- An alphabetical list of Native American languages that you can explore
- Native American language worksheets that include online picture dictionaries, pronunciation guides, and printable body parts worksheets for over 50 different languages
- Vocabulary lists
- Geographical index of Native American tribes
- Maps of Native American culture areas
- An online collection of Native American myths and legends
- Native American Facts for Kids
- And so much more
- Artists 1,2,3,4 – This is an alphabetical listing of artists who have free songs available for download on the site. You may not recognize the names of these artists or bands (for example, Oren and the Hiccups) – but you’re sure to have fun getting to know them and their music.
- Traditional Children’s Songs – Select classic children’s songs by title such as “The Alphabet Song,” “Do Your Ears Hang Low,” “Found A Peanut,” “Frere Jacques,” “If You’re Happy and You Know It,” “Kumbaya,” “This Little Light of Mine,” and many more.
- Kids Music Videos – View a selection of independent artist YouTube videos of kid songs.
To check out the available music, click on a song title or an artist’s name and a new page opens where you can access their music in a downloadable MP3 file – and you’ll even find lyrics and chords so you can sing or play along.
Please note: We had trouble downloading the MP3 files per the site’s instruction and received an error message about updating browser and Flash plugin. However, we found this work-around that seemed to do the trick:
- Once the song page opens, locate the audio file under the “Free Song Downloads Section.
- Look to the upper right of the frame for the stacked windows icon (pop-up window icon). Select this.
- When the new window opens, we were now able to right-click to get the “Save link as” option to be able to download the MP3.
