Having Fun with Homeschool Art

This year as I planned out our curriculum, I was inspired by a fellow blogger friend to give it a go with art in our homeschool this year! (Thanks, LaToya!) I am so glad I did! I contacted Southern Hodgepodge and expressed my interest in doing a review for A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels and was given the curriculum to review. At the end of this review you can enter in a drawing to win your own copy of A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels. Thanks, Tricia Hodges, for this giveaway!

Caleb and I have enjoyed using A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels, an absolutely easy to use and amazingly fun art curriculum created by Nana (a.k.a. Lucia) and Tricia. You can read more about their story here.

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Here's what I love about A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels:

• Step-by-step instructions that guide you through each lesson
• Encouragement for creativity (This has been a lesson to learn for this moma who can be a stickler for having a "stay inside the lines" kind of attitude. smile!)
• Very forgiving...easy to correct mistakes
• Variety of art project topics included that keeps my child's interest 
• Nana gives instructions on how to preserve your child's creations (I will definitely be doing this and even using some of Caleb's creations for Christmas gifts this year!)
• Lessons are short (This is great for a 12 year old boy with a short attention span. Out of the lessons we have done so far, it has taken up to 10 minutes tops for each lesson.)
• It has created a love of art for my child! He has enjoyed this curriculum so much that he asks to do it every day!
• The sense of accomplishment and confidence Caleb feels after completing an art project has been priceless for this moma!

Here is a look at some of Caleb's creations using A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels...

A Path to the Beach

At the Beach

Three Chicks

Harvest Moon

I'm already looking forward to using more of Nana's art projects she has available on her website Southern Hodgepodge. If you are looking to give it a go with art in your homeschool as I have done, you will not be disappointed with Nana's art curriculum. Head on over now to her website, but before you go...don't forget to enter my A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels curriculum giveaway below. Be sure to check back here to see if you are the winner!

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