Ancient China and Perspective

We have had a rather busy week- out on Monday for a homeschool group at Piney Lakes reserve on Monday. The kids enjoyed it but thought our outing to Urrbrae wetlands last year, was better, since they were allowed to collect their own water samples and use the microscopes themselves. Tuesday we were out and about being touristy, we jumped on the Midland line, and got off and on along the way looking about various parts of Perth- Maylands, Bayswater, Midlands. Then the rest of the week was filled with lots of interesting activites at home.


Gabriel's and my form paintings





Gabriel's and my painting for this weeks work on Ancient China
Gabriel's dragon


My phoenix




Yin/Yang




Willow's perspective drawing- 2 and 3 point perspective




Willow and Arden's baking this week- bagels!




Arden's cat hat- being modeled by Gabriel

Some work

Some work from the last week.....

Willow's apron for Arden


Moving onto 2 point perspective


Willow's growing collection of hens


Map of Ancient India by Gabriel


Gabriel getting back into knitting- an Easter chick and a leaf


My knitting- a hat for Arden (with lovely wool from Calico and Ivy)


Meanwhile Willow and I are reading The Agony and The Ecstasy, the biography of Michaelangelo, and Gabriel and I have read a condensed version of the Ramayana. I've also started planning Gabriel's next block- on geography of Western Australia. I'm planning a few outings for it, so that should be lots of fun.

First week of Class 5 and Class 7

We're in the middle of a rather hot spell, but fortunately we had some cooler weather for our first few days of school last week. I've been wondering how we'll manage with Willow running through her work independently, and Gabriel and Arden and I working together. Pleasingly it went very well. Willow worked through her planned work over 4 days, whilst Gabriel and I did school stuff over 3, and I have a planned activity (painting, drawing, modelling, cooking, home loving) for each day of the week for Arden. Arden loved it, and Gabriel really enjoyed doing the kindy stuff with Arden once he got into the idea of it.

Here's a selection of work from this week.

Willow's first week of class 7

Willow's bread- baked this morning for breakfast


One point perspective


Modelling


Breathing exercises


Willow found the dark centre to the lighter edge more difficult.


Geometry




Some of Gabriel's work from our first week of class 5

Modelling



Mandala


Forms


My mandala (drawn with Gabriel for his form drawing this week)

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Arden loved the structured learning the most I think of all the kids.  He continued to want to work alongside Irving in highschool and see what he was doing too, where the older kids were more inclined to work independantly.  This was partly necessary  because I was busy with the younger two, but it was also because that was what they wanted to do.