Homeschool Thursday- arts and crafts

I have used these lessons for Art Appreciation for Hannah and she really has enjoyed them.  These are a great place to start.

TeachArtathome.com  sends out a newsletter filled with great free lessons.

Here is a cute little Button Wreath.  While you are at this site explore a bit as they have tons of crafts for all ages.

  

New Craft e-books and other ideas for what to do now that the kids are out of school

FaveCrafts.com have some free craft e-books on their  site.

Here is the link for one with cheap  and easy crafts.

Here is the link for homes decor.

Here is one with ideas for Dad

Here is one for Sewing.

I Know that our local schools got out today for summer so we all will be looking for things for the kids to do.

James Patterson has a site with ideas on how to get kids to read .  Readkiddoread

Meet The newest member of the family!!!

My daughter has been wanting a dog for quite some time but we were not certain that she could handle the responsibility so my hubby took her to the Humane League and this is the adorable kitty that she picked out as we figure cats are a little bit less responsiblity.  We will see how she handles the cat then we will be looking at dobs probably at the end of the year.  We didn't bring her home as she hasn't been spayed yet.  We will pick her up on Tuesday.  Hannah hasn't named her yet.  She is about 3 years old and very affectionate.

My hubby will be home this weekend which will be nice.  It is lonely when he is away.

Some homeschool freebies that I came across today  are Free world U which is a free curriculm that uses flashcards to help your students remeber what they are learning.  Looks interesting what I saw of it.  

Tin Can Knitting looks like an interesting way to knit and looks perfect for teen age girls.

Hands of a Child  is offering a free lapbook package about the First Ladies.  

I received some links that are new to me for free audio books.  These are all classics.  I have found that sometimes when I have a difficult time reading a book i can listen to it and find it very enjoyable.  These are all done by volunteers so are not profession but most of them are very good. 

http://thoughtaudio.com/

http://www.ejunto.org/

http://librivox.org/