{This post contains affiliate links. Thanks for supporting Not Before 7.} Last year I organized two successful book clubs for my daughters: The Arrow Book Club (5th/6th) and the Boomerang Book Club (7th/8th). We follow the Brave Writer literature suggestions for our titles and our family uses the Brave Writer Language Arts book guides at home….
Looking for a great list of books for your tween? That was my goal while selecting books for my 5th and 6th-grade book club. One of my favorite successful endeavors this past school year (2015-2016) was the creation of two book clubs for my daughters. The older girls book club was designed for 7th and…
Our family loves to pull out our chalk pastels occasionally and tackle a project from Chalk Pastel: You Are an Artist Lessons. There are lessons for every possible topic so I knew there would be a few options for the Fourth of July firework art projects this year. And of course, I wasn’t disappointed. We…
We made it! Our school year has wrapped up and with the exception of a few loose ends in math, we are relishing our free time. Of course, my free time includes time spent reflecting on our completed school year. It’s important for me to re-evaluate choices that didn’t work, while also celebrating our successful ones. One of…
During our recent visits to the local art museum to tour the Childe Hassam and the Marks of a Genius exhibits, we stumbled upon an art conservationist working in the museum. Painting in full view of the public eye, she was set up in an area created for the public to explore the art of…
Included with your ticket to the Childe Hassam exhibit, currently at the North Carolina Museum of Art, is Marks of a Genius: 100 extraordinary drawings from the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Admittedly, we were not prepared with any background for this exhibit, so I had to wing it with my kids. The exhibit is described on the…
We became members of the NC Museum of Art this year as part of our homeschooling fine arts curriculum. We take advantage of our free member tickets to every exhibit that travels to the museum. The current exhibit at the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh features the work of Childe Hassam, an American Impressionist. Childe Hassam spent many summers…
