Category: Lesson Planning
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TH Art Guild – Nevelson – Aug. 17, 2016
Every 6 weeks, our group meets for Art Guild, a hands-on art class based on the book, ‘Discovering Great Artists‘ that provides easy to do art projects in the style of the artist the lesson is focused on. This month, our subject was Louise Nevelson, whose massive monochromatic found-art sculptures are both interesting and inspired.…
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TH Art Guild – Mary Cassatt – April 13, 2016
Each month, we get together for our Art Guild. We’re using the book ‘Discovering Great Artists‘ as our guide, and so far, it’s been great! Several of our families have the book, and work lessons into their personal curriculum during the interval between art classes. This month, we’re studying Mary Cassatt, and the kids…
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TH Art Guild – Landscape Art – February 17, 2016
At this meeting of the TH Art Guild we were focusing on the work of a contemporary sculptor and photographer, Andy Goldsworthy. His site-specific, environmental and land art has contributed greatly to the emergence of a new movement in the world of art, which utilizes the natural environment, both large and small, as a medium…
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Teen Homeschool Book Club – February 10, 2016
Every month during the school year, the Beaumont Public Library hosts a homeschool book club. The club is divided into three sections on two days, based on age/grade. The Children’s Book Club is usually on the second Friday of the month, and the Teen Book Club is on the second Wednesday. Each month for the…
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Symphony of SETX: Mozart Experience – February 3, 2016
Every spring, the Symphony of Southeast Texas hosts a Youth Concert for students. This year, the SOST partnered with Magic Circle Mime Co. to create a unique program featuring the life and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mime musicians Maggie & Doug sneak into the theater to perform, only to be joined by the…
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TH Science Fair 2015
This week, our group hosted our annual homeschool science fair. We had 15 students participating, with 11 projects (some siblings did group projects), with students ranging in age from pre-school through high school. We met under the pavilion at Village Creek State Park in Lumberton, which is a great place for outdoor group events (if…
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Sea Center – Lake Jackson, TX – January 2014
Today, we took the kids out to Sea Center in Lake Jackson to visit the hatchery. What we thought was going to be a ‘tour’ was actually a full behind the scenes look at just how intricate and scientific growing a million fish really is! When you walk in, one of the first things to see…