Art and Earth Science by Grass
It's that time of the year again! Most homeschooling families who follow the same academic calendar with regular school prepare their lesson plans at this time of the year. It's our third year in homeschooling and for this time around, I am making a few changes with our routines because of the challenges brought on… Continue reading My Top Online Resources for Homeschooling for 2021
Hello, everyone! This is just a quick post to announce about my July virtual "Paint with Me" sessions via YouTube Premiere. For those who don't know, I have been sharing about my watercolor journey through virtual "paint with me" sessions at our Facebook Group - Arts and Crafts by Mommy Grass as well as through… Continue reading My July Watercolor Virtual Paint with Me Sessions
Photo collage of Ian's first week. 🙂 Ian's First Week For Math, Ian practiced mental addition of hundreds using techniques described in Math Mammoth. He continued his lessons in "pang-abay" (in English, adverbs) using lessons from our homeschool provider. For Sibika, Ian reviewed and discussed all the responsibilities of community members.For Science we did three… Continue reading Homeschooling Highlights for April 2021
The whole Metro Manila, Philippines, is still on lockdown due to COVID. It's hard to get supplies or get around because even public transportation is limited. So forgive me, my dear readerships, if I am resorting to art rather than science lately to distract me from the stressful situation we are in right now. I… Continue reading This Website is Starting to Look Like An Art Blog
Ian's First Week As part of geometry lesson, Ian made solids using patterns we printed. We assembled a cone, a cube, and a pyramid. He then learned about the concept of angles, parallel and perpendicular lines relative to these solids. For English, Ian learned how to use "will" and "shall".Ian learned about civic organizations/NGOs who… Continue reading Homeschooling Highlights for March 2021
Ian's First Week Ian played games for vocabulary, spelling, and sentence construction using the website recommended by a friend: GamesToLearningEnglish.com. If you would like your young children to practice the lessons he or she has learned so far in English, this website offers simple games for quizzes and exercises. Here are other websites that I… Continue reading Homeschooling Highlights for February 2021
Dabbling in art, particularly watercolor, can be expensive. I admit, I had to save some moolah in order to afford the brushes and artist grade watercolors that I am currently using now. I'm lucky my sister gave me a set of Daniel Smith Alvaro Castagnet tubes for Christmas and I was able to sell trinkets… Continue reading How I Upcycled My Old Eye Makeup Palette Into A Travel-Size Watercolor Palette (With Full Demo Video)
Ian's first week Ian's First Week Studied about circuits and magnets. He also participated in his older brother's experiment on Reversible vs Irreversible Reaction which involved burning sugar, butter, and candle wax, as well as, dissolving flour and baking soda in water and vinegar, respectively. Ian also read about how earth changes due to natural… Continue reading January 2021 Homeschooling Highlights
A quote by Vincent van Gogh on nature, art, and poetry. While art isn't a major subject in regular school, it's a subject that my kids showed tremendous interest in since they were younger. Back then I would come home from work and would see my kids' artworks taped on the ref's door. Sometimes they… Continue reading My Top Art Teaching Hacks for Non-Artist Homeschooling Parents
Friday is usually Art Day in our homeschooling weekly schedule. But on the first week of this year which happens to be their daddy's birthday week, we decided to do art two days earlier by painting watercolor cards for him. So instead of the usual watercolor painting for Art Day, we decided to make soaps… Continue reading Teach HELE, Science, and Art in One Project – Soap Making
The Fabulous Scientist 