Adventures in Florence - 3 Week Unit Study - Leonardo da Vinci + More!

Adventures in Florence - 3 Week Unit Study - Leonardo da Vinci + More!

$20.00

Our Italian Adventure Series continues with our 3 week study all about Florence Italy!

Learn about the amazing architecture, landmarks and artists that have been home to some of the most brilliant minds, such as:

  1. Filippo Brunelleschi and his creation of the Dome on the Florence Cathedral

  2. Bernardo Buontalenti and his beautiful grotto and garden design in the Boboli Gardens, and his yummy gelato invention

  3. Leonardo da Vinci and his Mona Lisa!

Dive into this Build Your Masterpiece Class 3 week study and learn more about Florence through books, art and baking! We will learn about Italian Gardens, Cathedrals, Bridges, the Mona Lisa, and how to make delicious Italian Butter Cookies, Gelato and Cannoli! Find something for all ages to enjoy, from the comfort of your homeschool. Worksheets designed for children 3 to 13, art projects and art appreciation can be enjoyed by all ages.

Tag us with your Florence Masterpieces on Instagram, @build_your_masterpiece_class! I cannot wait to see them!

Sincerely,

Alexandra Derry

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What’s included:

  • Enjoy the new layout with Teacher Plans, and Student Notebook, which allow you to easily print off what you need only one copy of and multiple copies of for your students. We have all 3 weeks included, and the notebooks match up with the lessons, art appreciation art projects, and recipes.

  • 93 page PDF Digital Download

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  • Scan the QR Codes on the lesson plans for additional learning resources in this adventure.

  • Week 1: Florence, Florence Cathedral, Filippo Brunelleschi  and Italian Butter Cookies

  • Week 2: Boboli Gardens, Bernardo Buontalenti and his Grotto, plus Gelato

  • Week 3: Leonardo da Vinci, The Mona Lisa, Inspiration Journal, and Cannoli!

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Dive into your read, paint, cook adventures with The Build Your Masterpiece Class in Florence Italy!

It has truly deserved a study of its own and the lessons included have truly inspired me, and I hope you and your kids find inspiration from them.

Pair this read, paint, cook unit study up with our 6 other Italy Adventures, as well as our Ireland, France and soon to release, England, Scotland and Wales Unit Studies filled with history, art geography and cooking! Our studies are designed for kids 3 to 13+ learning together at home, or in the classroom!

Pair all our Adventures up with our Kinder+ Art Basics: The Masterpiece Alphabet!

The Masterpiece Alphabet - 3rd Edition
$20.00

The Masterpiece Alphabet Kinder+ Art Basics Program is a hands-on curriculum that inspires children to be creative and spark their inner Artist.

Using the combined subjects of Art & Language Arts, your kindergarten+ students can build an artistic vocabulary while learning the elements of art, through creatively designed lesson plans from A to Z, with children’s books to inspire the topic and hands on projects to inspire you as the home educator, to bring art into your homeschool easily, and effortlessly.

“A is for Artist, who creates what they see. B is for Brush that glides paint on with ease. C is for Crayon that adds color to your creations.”

What’s Included:

  • Lesson Plans from A to Z with book lists, language arts Lesson Guides, Craft ideas, and more!

  • PLUS: QR codes with additional learning resources such as book links, read aloud links, recipes, craft ideas and more! No need to go to libraries, or buy tons of books! This is a feature loved by so many, and I am grateful to provide that added resource for you and your homeschool! If you find you love one or more of the books on the list, you can find easy to shop links in the QR code pages, which you can easily scan with your iPhone. This technology is so fun for kids, and they can also use this to direct their learning at home too!

  • Upper and Lower case Coloring Letter Pages with sentences to read, and trace.

  • Additional Craft Options for you to enjoy with the prinbtables: Create embroidery and felted letters using our letter pages

  • ABC Flash Cards - They are designed to be colored by you or your child in both upper and lower case letters, to create a mini masterpiece alphabet to treasure and use regularly.

  • “My Masterpiece Alphabet” Student Book Covers - a few different framed covers for your students to choose from

  • “My 7 Elements of Art” Booklet and Poster - Use this as you learn the elements of art with each topic.

  • Fun Artist Coloring Pages: Learn what it means to be an artist, from painting, sculpting, building, taking photos, writing stories, and reading books for inspiration.

  • Alphabet Watercolor Wallpaper for your homeschool wall: Print this out and glue together for an easy spalsh of color to your homeschool space!

  • Alphabet Watercolor Flashcards: 2nd set of flashcards in beautiful colors

  • Alphabet Watercolor Coins, in color and in a Black and White

  • Additional Worksheets: These have been added to the main lesson plan, woven with each letter for easy printing as needed. Vocabulary, predictable sentence tracing, mixed-up sentences, and creative writing with the words we feature through-out.

  • Student Letter Tracing Workbook

  • UPDATED: The download is a ZIP FILE that has 3 FILES included. Please open all files to utilize all of the resources included. I have added the additional language arts pages to the original Lesson Plans, and things will be a lot easier for printing you desired pages per lesson/letter in the future, as of Sept. 30. 2021. Please note that this program is for a range fo ages, learning together, so you can print the worksheet pages for your children as needed. Thank you so much for your interest in building a masterpiece alphabet with us!

Coming Soon: We have a special Masterpiece Art Journal in the works that pair up perfectly with this program, and will be perfect for you and your kids to continue learning about Art and Artists in Grades K to 6 +. More details coming soon.