by Connect | Jan 1, 2020 | Observation Games to Aid the Artist by Leonardo da Vinci
Sense-Ability → Observation Games to Aid the Artist by Leonardo da Vinci || The Da Vinci Road Find a Scene When you look at a wall spotted with stains, or constructed with a mixture of stones, try to find a scene. [Similar to cloud-watching]. You may find a...
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The Voice of Experience → Teacher to Teacher || The Da Vinci Road Tub Art – from Faith Y. Take an empty ice cube tray and fill with Bathtub Finger Paint mixture, adding food colorings to each “cube” container. My boys love this. They learn colors,...
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The Voice of Experience → Teacher to Teacher || The Da Vinci Road Watching Time (and more) – from Mrs. Akers Science: Draw a diagram of the western and eastern horizon views from your house—west on one edge of the paper, east on the other. Make 52 copies....
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The Voice of Experience → Teacher to Teacher || The Da Vinci Road Bubbles – from Melissa W. Science: A good science project is to blow bubbles outside in the wintertime and see what happens!Homemade Bubbles9 parts water2 parts corn syrup (or sugar or glycerin)2...
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The Voice of Experience → Teacher to Teacher || The Da Vinci Road Field Zoology – from Kimberly M. Science: I am a new stay-at-home mom and an ex-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientist, so I make field exercises a big part of our...
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The Voice of Experience → Teacher to Teacher || The Da Vinci Road Memorization via Theatre – from Amy B. Bible: We decided to act out Bible stories and got out the home movie camera. We accrued a big box of robes, wigs, etc. for costumes. Each child would get to...
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The Voice of Experience → Teacher to Teacher || The Da Vinci Road Zip Horse – from Joy K. Math: My kids like to play Zip Horse. While riding in the car, everyone keeps an eye out for horses! Every horse (not donkeys) is worth 2 points. Solid white horses are...
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The Voice of Experience → Teacher to Teacher || The Da Vinci Road X-Ray & Monarch Miracle – from Lisa L. Health & Anatomy: We are studying the different bodily systems (circulatory, digestive, etc.). I traced each child age 2 and up on a huge piece of...
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The Voice of Experience → Teacher to Teacher || The Da Vinci Road Backyard Lab – from Mrs. Grimes Science: Keep an ongoing record of birds you sight, especially during migratory seasons. Get a soil pH tester. Find out which plants thrive in your yard.Give each...
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The Voice of Experience → Teacher to Teacher || The Da Vinci Road Food for Thought – from Lynelle W. Math: In math I always try to use manipulatives, as much as possible, to illustrate a concept. My boys always enjoy it when I use food as the manipulatives, such...
