My son AND my students loved this lesson. I was somewhat concerned about the potential mess in doing glue designs with kids in 3-5th grade. Would it work? I am glad to say the kids loved it and did a fantastic job. It was a much more fail proof lesson than I had first thought. […]
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Make Your Own Cylinder Seal: Ancient Sumeria Activity for Kids
Ancient Sumeria Activity for Kids The perfect Ancient Sumeria activity for kids focuses on the first forms of writing. We first discussed cuneiform. It’s the obvious lesson for a little study on Sumer. But I decided not to limit the lesson to just cuneiform and discussed ancient writing in general; types of writing in the ancient world […]
The First Dog : Ice Age Activity
This year I’m teaching a “living stories” class for my homeschool co-op. Of course, I found a way to make it an art class too! The result is a homeschool art program I am currently developing: Art Around the Ancient World in which I read a book for each civilization we cover, discuss an art […]
Prehistoric Art for Kids
I find Ancient art so fascinating that I decided to create a whole blog series full of lesson plans for it- Art Around the Ancient World. Plus we are studying ancient history this year so it is the perfect complement to our own homeschool. This is the first lesson in the series. Prehistoric Art for […]
Art Around the Ancient World
If you loved my Art Lessons by Artist then I think you will love my Art Around the Ancient World lessons too! Follow our homeschool for a trip around the Ancient World. I’ll be touching on Ancient art, history, literature and -last but not least- art project tutorials. This is a unique way to learn […]