Archives for May 2017
Lamplighter Publishing {Crew Review}
The Secret Bridge
Lamplighter Publishing creates publications that truly speak to you. From books to theatrical audios, Lamplighter Publishing creates quality content that is wholesome in content. For this review, we were given a copy of The Secret Bridge by Amy Le Feuvre to read and review.
This is the prettiest book I have ever seen. Pretty doesn’t even describe it. It’s absolutely gorgeous in design. From the teal blue leather cover, with it’s carved and gilded design to the thick paper pages with their scrolling script design. This book rivals the beautiful books of the past and is now one of my absolute favorites in our book collection, along with my late 1800’s math primer and my 1800’s copy of an early medical book.
The Secret Bridge tells the story of sweet Bridget who finds herself on a ship while mourning the death of her loved ones. She meets Godfrey who is absolutely mesmerized by her. She brings a longing to his heart that can only be filled by her love.
Godfrey convinces sweet Bridget to marry him but there are many secrets surrounding their relationship. They keep their marriage secret from his family and friends. This is disheartening to Bridget who suffers mild depression already from her great family loss and she begs Godfrey to tell the truth.
Love brings these two together and love will bring their family together as well as they learn to overcome, tell the truth and trust in the Lord for their happiness.
It is suggested that this book is a coming of age story but as it is a love story, sharing of marriage, I suggest it more for a young lady or gentleman who is a little older, more 12 or 14 in age, depending on level of maturity. There is nothing shameful, or out of the way shared within it but the ideal of marriage is more of a subject for older students in my opinion. However, it is a great story to prepare young girls for romance and I truly would have enjoyed it as a first romance novel as a child myself. As an adult and a lover of all things Romance and Historical Romance, I greatly enjoyed this book myself.
The Secret Bridge by Amy Le Feuvre from Lamplighter Publishing is available for $28. It is worth every penny spent. It is a hardcover book with a gorgeously designed cover. It is part of the Lamplighter Collection of books.
May 3, 2017 {Simple Woman’s Daybook}
Simple Woman’s Daybook
Outside my window, the sun is shining brightly.
Help Don if he needs it.
Finish mowing the grass.
Write reviews for both Messy Journey and Women Who Move Mountains.
Sometimes life gets busy. Still we must put Faith first every day. God is what gets us through. Without Him we accomplish nothing.
A quote I like:
We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
-Joseph Campbell
Wordless Wednesday: Warthog Rider May 3, 2017 {Wordless Wednesday}
ArtAchieve® {Crew Review}
Entire Level I
What We Received:
We were sent access to ArtAchieve®’s online program’s subscription for Entire Level I. There are 12 lessons in this Level. The first 3 lessons of Entire Level I are free so I had to download those separately after signing up but it was very easy to do. These lessons give a basis in drawing and shading for young children.
How It Works:
ArtAchieve® is an online program. You must sign up and add your levels to your subscription. You can choose any entire level, I-V. I started with Entire Level I to have my children work there way from the beginning to higher into the program. You can purchase each lesson separately but the best deal is to purchase the level bundle which gives you a 25% discount when buying. Entire Level I would cost $40 without the bundle discount but costs $30 with the discount applied at purchase.
Each of the lessons are basically the same but showing a different art. There are downloadable sheets for you to print out for your student to work on their art. One sheet gives them practice with drawing their shapes and lines as they work through the lesson. The other sheet gives them the drawing of what they are working on to color and design in the style they are doing.
There are videos and powerpoint displays used to teach the lessons. The powerpoint lessons are for you to teach your students. They are simple in design and show you the related Cross Curricular Connections and Art Standards taught with that lesson. They flow quickly by but you can pause where needed to read about the art technique and the ideals and artists behind the art form.
The videos are fast and fun. The man teaching the lessons shows you actual techniques and design style used in the each lesson. He brings the lesson to life through these videos.
All of these elements work together to create a whole lesson for your student to easily be able to follow and complete. The lessons are for 4th grade through Adult but younger students could use this program as well. It’s well designed and easy to complete for each lesson.
Cross Curricular Connections
On the main page of each lesson, you will find more of the Cross Curricular Connections, which helps you to expand the lesson to other parts of your student’s educational program. For instance, In Entire Level I, Art Lesson 3: The Hungarian Insects, it is suggested you visit the PBS website to learn more about Hungary, that you read a book about Hungary and learn quick facts about Hungary through the provided links. Several of Eric Carle’s beautiful designed insect books are suggested for English and Reading lesssons. There are even related Science links to learn more about Insects as you complete the lesson.
ArtAchieve® wasn’t hard to implement into our day to day lessons at all. I was able to show the kids a lesson and show them a completed product of the lesson and they were able to work on them easily. I did worksheets from the lesson with my younger kids and had my older daughter draw the design herself and color it in her style. They all enjoyed using this to create Art of their own.
How You Can Get ArtAchieve®
ArtAchieve® is available by online subscription to their website. There are different levels to choose from and you can start with any level. Each lesson costs between $4-$6 in price or can be purchased for a discount as a bundle together.
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