Weekly Wrap Up(week 2) - Getting Artsy

Art is a subject I am ill equipped to teach. It is however, a subject that Grandpa really wanted the kids to learn and one of the subjects mentioned when he was told we were going to homeschool (along with a myriad of other things.)

Well, this year we decided to provide the girls with Art lessons. In school I remember I loved doing art and I would wait holding my breath as we were told our assignment. I remember spending hours in our back room trying to draw the perfect picture. Oh how I loved art. I never seem to have the time to do art or crafts in our homeschool. By the time I have finished our core curriculum I am ready to move on, not to create the worlds largest mess. So sad isn't it?

 This is why I do not teach art. Additionally, I have no idea what I should expect from the different age groups.

The art teacher told me that Sweetie has a wonderful brush stroke and that all the girls did very well. She asked me to please dress them in play clothes so they wouldn't have to worry about their clothes while creating. Wow, now my girls are 'creating'...

She was animated fun and her home sang of her creativity loud and clear. She used to be a public school teacher so dear Sweeties Autism was of no concern to her. We will attend art class bi-weekly and the next time, she is going to go through the color wheel unless they were already familiar with it.  Fat chance!

When we got home the children were all eager to paint after they finished their lessons. On Friday I caught Parker drawing and they all seem to have caught the art bug.

I think for our homeschool we will continue to find people who can teach our children things I do not feel qualified to teach and do not necessarily want to learn or relive (such as reliving Calculus & Physics). I'm sure as they get older Art will be replaced by more needful lessons because we have a definite budget. In fact each year my DH officiates football so we can have a little extra money much of it goes to savings so we can buy things like our Suburban but this year a little bit will go for paint brushes, canvases & little smiling faces saying "Look Mama!" Who knew cupcakes were so wonderful?

This weeks academic studies also went well. We began doing some memory work: addition, multiplication & states with capitols. The first grader is reading well and we are on lesson 71 of Teach your Child to read in 100 Easy Lessons which we do in conjunction with Adventures in Phonics. Once we complete this she will start Christian Light's Reading program. Best of all is that Sweety is doing really well with ACE and she enjoys it, we've had a hard time finding something that worked well because of peculiarities with her Autism. My children are enjoying school and often ask to do extra lessons.

To see what other homeschoolers are up to you can go to Weired Unsocialized Homeschooler's weekly wrap up or head over to Virtuous Foundations Homeschool's Homeschool Blog link up!