Additional Learning Resources for Adventures in Florence Week 3:
Children’s Books:
Who Was Leonardo da Vinci? by Roberta Edwards
Leonardo and the Flying Boy: A Story About Leonardo da Vinci by Laurence Anholt
Leonardo’s Palette (Stories of Great People Series) by Gerry Bailey and Karen Foster
Katie and the Mona Lisa by James Mayhew
How is Mona Lisa Feeling? by Suzanne Bober
The Mona Lisa Caper by Rick Jacobson
Who Stole the Mona Lisa? by Geronimo Stilton
Mona Lisa: Art History Disguised as Fun by Kristin J. Draeger
Monday with a Mad Genius by the Magic Tree House
Educational Videos about Leonardo da Vinci
Enjoy a fun Mati and Dada da Vinci:
Bill Gates talks about da Vinci:
Watch these guys build a bridge, experiment, inspired by da vinci
Now we are going to learn more about the Mona Lisa!
Learn more about the special painting technique known as “sfumato: which means allowing tones and colors to share gradually into one an other.
We learned about this in our Mona Lisa Spotlight, and here is great video explaining that for you.
Let’s look more into the Sketches from Leonardo da Vinci in this wonderful videos:
Learn more about Leonardo da Vinci's Drawing Materials:
Pair the techniques shown in this video on creating your own Quill while learning about Shakespeare in our new England Adventures here:
Art Project: Inspiration Journals!
Here is a video showing you the technique explained in our art project more visually for you,
Here are some really cute small notebook covers:
Plus a few other fun ideas for painting techniques for your covers using masking tape and patterns:
This was really cool, she did this technique for a laptop, this could be a fun way to bring this art project to life for your older students:
Baking Time!
Let’s learn how to make a Cannoli masterpiece! Here are my favorite helpful videos for these yummy Italian dessert rolls.
Color your Cannoli coloring page, learn the anatomy of a Cannoli and add in the cannoli counters to your kiddos math lessons today. Pair it up with our Masterpiece Numbers Pack 1 to 30!
As you continue to learn more about Art, and the Artists of the Renaissance, I would recommend you check out and pair up our Kinder+ Art Basics Masterpiece Alphabet Program, to continue to teach the elements of arts mixed with language arts and creative writing for your kids 3 to 13 depending on their abilities.
Note from the Author, Alexandra:
This Masterpiece Alphabet + Numbers programs were designed with my oldest daughter in mind, who is very creative, but also needed a variety of ways to learn the alphabet, and practice handwriting skills in a more creative, artistic way.
My goal was also to help keep her motivated, engaged, and inspired, while also teaching her younger brothers along side her. As a homeschool mom, teaching multiple ages together can become difficult, and it is my hope that our masterpiece adventures, packs and programs help you with this.
I hope you enjoy building your masterpiece with us, please tag me on Instagram, I would love to see your kids masterpieces, and what they are inspired to create!
Sometimes inspiration can take them down another path, that you didn’t expect. I want to encourage you to follow their creative lead, and encourage them to dictate to you their thoughts, if they are un bale to handwrite them down, and encourage them to continue to create with assistance.
Come and join our Facebook Group to chat with me more, and share your progress.
Alexandra
