Comments on: Learning to See http://blueyonderranch.com/homeschooling/learning-to-see/ The home of "The Book of Days" Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:50:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stefani http://blueyonderranch.com/homeschooling/learning-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-14931 Stefani Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:50:51 +0000 http://blueyonderranch.com/?p=3344#comment-14931 Well thank you, Allison! You know I hope that with art, and with their nature studies and really just about all our learning adventures, that they learning to look more closely and ask more questions. I don't expect that they'll remember every name of every flower, or be able to name the composer after having heard just a few notes, or remember in what year Monet painted his Water Lillies... I just hope that they are learning to really LOOK, no matter what the subject. Funny thing is, I feel like my own eyes are being opened right along with them. It's really so much fun to get to "do school" all over again :-) Well thank you, Allison! You know I hope that with art, and with their nature studies and really just about all our learning adventures, that they learning to look more closely and ask more questions. I don’t expect that they’ll remember every name of every flower, or be able to name the composer after having heard just a few notes, or remember in what year Monet painted his Water Lillies… I just hope that they are learning to really LOOK, no matter what the subject. Funny thing is, I feel like my own eyes are being opened right along with them. It’s really so much fun to get to “do school” all over again :-)

]]> By: Stefani http://blueyonderranch.com/homeschooling/learning-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-14930 Stefani Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:45:30 +0000 http://blueyonderranch.com/?p=3344#comment-14930 wow! What an amazing thing to have a view like that for lunch breaks! wow! What an amazing thing to have a view like that for lunch breaks!

]]> By: allison http://blueyonderranch.com/homeschooling/learning-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-14924 allison Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:30:53 +0000 http://blueyonderranch.com/?p=3344#comment-14924 i always love your posts, but i agree with the crew here...the last few have been so inspiring. i was blown away by the detailed nature journals and now this! art is something so special and subjective. you are doing your kids such a service to teach them how to openly question, admire, and enjoy it at a young age. very inspiring! thank you so much for sharing. i always love your posts, but i agree with the crew here…the last few have been so inspiring. i was blown away by the detailed nature journals and now this! art is something so special and subjective. you are doing your kids such a service to teach them how to openly question, admire, and enjoy it at a young age. very inspiring! thank you so much for sharing.

]]> By: Kay http://blueyonderranch.com/homeschooling/learning-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-14923 Kay Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:07:09 +0000 http://blueyonderranch.com/?p=3344#comment-14923 Oh please do! My husband and I have been living in Austin for over two years now, and have seen NOTHING. It doesn't help that we live in the extreme north (seriously, I think Round Rock is two streets away). Both of us grew up in the area (me in San Marcos, he in Georgetown), and for both our families traveling to (or even just THROUGH) Austin was a huge trial to be bemoaned and avoided at all costs. But I see such wonderful pictures of your boys having fun, and read about your wonderful experiences, and I start to wonder if we really live in the same city? Because MY Austin doesn't seem to look anything like YOUR Austin... Oh please do! My husband and I have been living in Austin for over two years now, and have seen NOTHING. It doesn’t help that we live in the extreme north (seriously, I think Round Rock is two streets away). Both of us grew up in the area (me in San Marcos, he in Georgetown), and for both our families traveling to (or even just THROUGH) Austin was a huge trial to be bemoaned and avoided at all costs.

But I see such wonderful pictures of your boys having fun, and read about your wonderful experiences, and I start to wonder if we really live in the same city? Because MY Austin doesn’t seem to look anything like YOUR Austin…

]]> By: ~ Beauty and Joy ~ http://blueyonderranch.com/homeschooling/learning-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-14919 ~ Beauty and Joy ~ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:23:59 +0000 http://blueyonderranch.com/?p=3344#comment-14919 Oh! I love this! I grew up right next to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam and the guards used to let us in on our school lunch break to sit in the museum and look at the art. I had no idea at the time what I was being given! Your post brings it all back for me. Oh! I love this! I grew up right next to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam and the guards used to let us in on our school lunch break to sit in the museum and look at the art. I had no idea at the time what I was being given! Your post brings it all back for me.

]]> By: Stefani http://blueyonderranch.com/homeschooling/learning-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-14899 Stefani Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:27:27 +0000 http://blueyonderranch.com/?p=3344#comment-14899 Thanks! And you're so right... it most definitely applies to all learning! I feel like whatever the subject, if we can all learn, together, to look more closely and to really SEE, we've really done something extraordinary. Thanks! And you’re so right… it most definitely applies to all learning! I feel like whatever the subject, if we can all learn, together, to look more closely and to really SEE, we’ve really done something extraordinary.

]]> By: Stefani http://blueyonderranch.com/homeschooling/learning-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-14898 Stefani Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:25:34 +0000 http://blueyonderranch.com/?p=3344#comment-14898 No, sadly our chickens are gone. We have to make do with a busy little dog :-) As for what's next... goodness, the projects and ideas are ceaseless right now! I think the taste of spring has excited something in us. We've been researching and planning for our butterfly and vegetable gardens. We've created a "bird watching" station. There's some new found interest in microscopic life that has mean lots of trips to the pond for water sample collection and research on the computer and in books to identify our finds. My middle man has just joined a band and is working on song writing with the base player and drummer. My oldest has been repairing his butterfly nets, and researching specimen boxes. My youngest has a new interest in taking apart everything in site and then putting it back together in a new way (it's "sculpture art" mama!). There has been a lot of baking, menu making, and telling mama to move out of the kitchen too. Busy busy busy. And oh so fun! No, sadly our chickens are gone. We have to make do with a busy little dog :-)
As for what’s next… goodness, the projects and ideas are ceaseless right now! I think the taste of spring has excited something in us. We’ve been researching and planning for our butterfly and vegetable gardens. We’ve created a “bird watching” station. There’s some new found interest in microscopic life that has mean lots of trips to the pond for water sample collection and research on the computer and in books to identify our finds. My middle man has just joined a band and is working on song writing with the base player and drummer. My oldest has been repairing his butterfly nets, and researching specimen boxes. My youngest has a new interest in taking apart everything in site and then putting it back together in a new way (it’s “sculpture art” mama!). There has been a lot of baking, menu making, and telling mama to move out of the kitchen too. Busy busy busy.
And oh so fun!

]]> By: Stefani http://blueyonderranch.com/homeschooling/learning-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-14897 Stefani Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:16:01 +0000 http://blueyonderranch.com/?p=3344#comment-14897 I ran across them for $.99 at our grocery store and wondered why it had never occurred to me before how handy they would be. It's so nice to carry a good stiff drawing/writing surface along with you! I think they'll be great for notes on our nature walks too. I ran across them for $.99 at our grocery store and wondered why it had never occurred to me before how handy they would be. It’s so nice to carry a good stiff drawing/writing surface along with you! I think they’ll be great for notes on our nature walks too.

]]> By: Stefani http://blueyonderranch.com/homeschooling/learning-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-14896 Stefani Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:14:17 +0000 http://blueyonderranch.com/?p=3344#comment-14896 Oh Lora! So true... I always love homeschooling, but I would say that my passion for it sometimes ebbs and flows. At the moment, as we're beginning to see the first glimpses of spring, it seems like we're all itching for new discoveries. Happy learning to you and yours! Oh Lora! So true… I always love homeschooling, but I would say that my passion for it sometimes ebbs and flows. At the moment, as we’re beginning to see the first glimpses of spring, it seems like we’re all itching for new discoveries.
Happy learning to you and yours!

]]> By: Stefani http://blueyonderranch.com/homeschooling/learning-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-14895 Stefani Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:09:47 +0000 http://blueyonderranch.com/?p=3344#comment-14895 I'm working on a list for you, never fear! I do wish you were coming just a wee bit later though, like about 4 weeks. Texas really shines in the spring. But we'll take ya in winter too :-) I’m working on a list for you, never fear!
I do wish you were coming just a wee bit later though, like about 4 weeks. Texas really shines in the spring.
But we’ll take ya in winter too :-)

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