Art & Science: Week 2 with Catholic Schoolhouse Curriculum

The second week of art and science went much more smoothly than the first week. We have 23 students at the Tour Guide level, and they range in age from 4 years old to 12 years old. Needless to say, having 23 young people in a small space with paint and glue can be quite challenging. Thankfully, there are at least three other mothers pitching in!

Art: Inspired by Native Americans. The first three weeks of Year One Art at Catholic Schoolhouse focus on Native American art, so we have been working on pottery. This week we painted the pots we made last week with air-dry clay by Crayola. We used turquoise, yellow, and brown acrylic paints. Of course, the little ones mixed all the colors, but these colors when mixed made a lovely jade. An easy project that could be done at home, but with set up and clean up, a project most moms (myself included) usually neglect.

Science: Exploring God's Creation. The first quarter of Year One Science at Catholic Schoolhouse focuses on zoology. We studied mammals the first week and then moved into amphibians and reptiles this week. As a fun project, Catholic Schoolhouse has students color a paper chameleon to match its habitat. This project was borrowed from the popular homeschool science website: ReptilesAlive.com. Even the older students were challenged to camouflage their chameleons perfectly.

Personal Note: Something I love about Catholic Schoolhouse's science curriculum so far is that it borrows ideas from bloggers across the web and helps us use the ideas in a 30-minute window during our homeschool co-op. In addition, as a mother of very young children still, I am learning about many resources to use later on in my own homeschool. This is invaluable to me.