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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:

Adventures in England - 2 Week Unit Study - Great Britain Series
$14.00

Our Adventures in England Read, Paint, Cook Unit Study is here!

It’s part of our Great Britain Series and includes 2 weeks filled with fun adventures in the city and the country with poetry, and artist spotlights from the city and the country, as well as the past and current! Shakespeare, Rossetti, Burne-Jones and Morris are but a few of the classics you can learn more about, plus art appreciation from a range of art movements! Created for kids 3 to 13 and beyond, with something for everyone to enjoy!

The lessons have been written to pair alongside our Wind in the Willows Art + Baking Novel Study Guide, which includes 12 amazing recipes, art projects, language arts connections, coloring pages, additional book lists and more! This study is being released one week after our Adventures in England, so come back to the shop to check it out. At that time, the units will also be available for purchase as a bundle of the two!

Dive into this creatively inspiring Great Britain Series that will be continuing to be released this Spring, 2021. Scotland and Wales are next, with history lessons on the flags, geography, art appreciation, landscape artists spotlights, animal spotlights, traditional recipes, books, and so much more, plus a second Novel Study Guide that pairs with our Scotland Adventure.

My hope is that our World Adventures spark a desire to learn about your own family history, the world, art movements and bring a love for travel in our hearts, all from the comfort of your homeschool.

~Alexandra

*A note from the shop manager: All digital download links expire after 24 hours after you download once. This means that if you purchase via mobile device, and click to view your purchase, you may not actually be ‘saving’ it, and trigger the 24 hour count down, so please be sure to download the file to a computer after you order. You will find an email with the link as well. If you do experience an expired link, please let us know via our contact us form, and we will gladly resend you a “refreshed link”. Thank you so much!

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.




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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!

The Masterpiece Numbers - Counting 1 to 30
$9.99

Count from 1 to 30 with an Artsy Twist with The Masterpiece Numbers! Created for kids ages 3 and up who are learning to count to 30, read, write and more. This is a companion for parents to use alongside The Masterpiece Alphabet and The Build Your Masterpiece Class Adventures for added math and art connections. Enjoy coloring numbers 1 to 30, your own set of flashcards with numbers and number words to use daily, tracing, counting watercolor dots with a ten frame, 100’s chart and a children’s book list for reading all about counting, and so much more with our 80-page digital download that’s perfect for families with multiple ages, learning together.

What’s included:

  • Coloring Number Pages 1-30

  • Flashcards 1 - 30

  • NEW: Addition, Subtraction, Times and Equals Flashcards

  • Number Line 1 to 30

  • Coloring + Counting 100’s Chart

  • Watercolor Counting Dots

  • Watercolor Ten Frame

  • Ten Frame Counting Cards

  • Addition Cards 1 to 10

  • Book Lists, and Lesson Plans for Numbers 1 to 10, and Numbers 10+

  • I am a Counting Artist! Sticker Chart (A fun way to give rewards and practice counting to 30) in 7 color options

  • My Masterpiece Number Book Cover Page

  • Bonus Idea* Use the Coloring Pages as a pattern to create your own felt numbers, just like we recommend doing in The Masterpiece Alphabet!

This digital product is for personal use only. Books and props not included.


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.

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.

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


YAY!! You have finished the Florence Adventures!

Now you may like to check out these next Adventures in our Build Your Masterpiece Class Series:

Adventures in France Week 1: Eiffel Tower + Seurat + Parisian Hot Chocolate
$8.50

Bonjour! Dive into the Adventures in France Series with our first week all about the Eiffel Tower in Paris, with art appreciation by George Seurat and Pointillism with an inspired Art Project, as well as original Wire and Clay Eiffel Tower Art Project plus yummy recipes! This is week 1 of 5 in our Level 1 France Adventures. Stay tuned for the completion of this level releasing weekly!

Our Read, Paint, Cook Unit Study Series include book lists and weekly rhythms for you to easily add art and culture adventures into your homeschool routine. Create for kids 3 to 13 learning together, there is something for everyone with the Build Your Masterpiece Class! Enjoy reading books about Paris, while creating your own Eiffel Tower Rice Krispy Cake Sculpture and delicious cup of Partisan Hot Chocolate. Place your stamps in your passport after you complete each project, for fun rewards and motivation along the way!

What’s included?

  • 22 Page PDF Digital Download

  • Build Your Masterpiece Class Scrapbook, Passport and Stamps

  • Europe Coloring Page

  • Adventures in France Map Coloring Page

  • Supplies List

  • Weekly Rhythm

  • Additional Learning Resources via QR Code

  • Artist Spotlight: George Seurat and Pointillism, with Art Appreciation of the Eiffel Tower

  • Art Projects: Eiffel Tower Pointillism Art, Wire and Clay Eiffel Tower Art, Parisian Hot Chocolate Coloring Page.

  • Recipes: Parisian Hot Chocolate, Eiffel Tower Rice Krispy Cake

Pair this learning pack up with any of our Monthly Learning Packs, our Color Wheel Lesson, as well as our Christmas Adventures Around the World Advent Calendar, which features France. Stay tuned for weeks 2-5 in this France Series, releasing weekly! We are delighted for you to dive into your read, paint, cook adventures with The Build Your Masterpiece Class in this beautiful and vast region, that has truly inspired me! Tag us with your Masterpieces on Instagram, @build_your_masterpiece_class! I cannot wait to see them!

Cordialement, Sincerely,

 Alexandra Derry

Ps- Our digital Download Links expire after 24 hours after clicking them once. Please open your files on a computer and download as soon as possible. If you view your purchases on a mobile device, that is the moment the file will begin to start the clock of 24 hours. If your links expire, contact me via our contact form on our site (find this in our menu) and let me know your order number. I can always send you refreshed order links.

Adventures in Italy 1: Pizza + Map + Flag
$8.50

Begin your #readpaintcook adventure with our first Adventures in Italy with the Build Your Masterpiece Class. Color the map of Europe, find Italy, learn all about the Flag, history, pizza and so much more with our 26-page bite-sized adventure for ages 3 to 13 and beyond.

What’s included:

  • 3 Lesson Plans and additional learning resources with QR Codes

  • 4 coloring pages, Map of Europe, Italy’s Map, Flag Printable, Pizza Coloring Page

  • 3 letter pages, I is for Italy, F is for Flag, P is for Pizza

  • Italian Poetry Copywork and worksheets, related to one of the book titles, “Caterina the Clever Farm Girl bt Julienne Peterson. Italian Poetry by Corrado Govoni, 1884-1965

  • Italian Flag Art Project

  • Homemade Italian Pizza Recipe

  • The Build Your Masterpiece Class Passport and Stamp #1 to collect!

Adventures in England - 2 Week Unit Study - Great Britain Series
$14.00

Our Adventures in England Read, Paint, Cook Unit Study is here!

It’s part of our Great Britain Series and includes 2 weeks filled with fun adventures in the city and the country with poetry, and artist spotlights from the city and the country, as well as the past and current! Shakespeare, Rossetti, Burne-Jones and Morris are but a few of the classics you can learn more about, plus art appreciation from a range of art movements! Created for kids 3 to 13 and beyond, with something for everyone to enjoy!

The lessons have been written to pair alongside our Wind in the Willows Art + Baking Novel Study Guide, which includes 12 amazing recipes, art projects, language arts connections, coloring pages, additional book lists and more! This study is being released one week after our Adventures in England, so come back to the shop to check it out. At that time, the units will also be available for purchase as a bundle of the two!

Dive into this creatively inspiring Great Britain Series that will be continuing to be released this Spring, 2021. Scotland and Wales are next, with history lessons on the flags, geography, art appreciation, landscape artists spotlights, animal spotlights, traditional recipes, books, and so much more, plus a second Novel Study Guide that pairs with our Scotland Adventure.

My hope is that our World Adventures spark a desire to learn about your own family history, the world, art movements and bring a love for travel in our hearts, all from the comfort of your homeschool.

~Alexandra

*A note from the shop manager: All digital download links expire after 24 hours after you download once. This means that if you purchase via mobile device, and click to view your purchase, you may not actually be ‘saving’ it, and trigger the 24 hour count down, so please be sure to download the file to a computer after you order. You will find an email with the link as well. If you do experience an expired link, please let us know via our contact us form, and we will gladly resend you a “refreshed link”. Thank you so much!

Adventures in Ireland 1: Potatoes + Irish Stew + Soda Bread
$8.50

Continue your #readpaintcook journey with our first Adventure in Ireland with the Build Your Masterpiece Class, all about the flag, map, and History of the Irish Potato! This is the first of 3 adventures in Ireland, and includes hands-on art projects, art appreciation, art history, cooking Irish soda bread and lamb and vegetable stew, plus so much more! Perfect for kids ages 3 to 13 and beyond with our 40 page PDF. This adventure goes perfectly with our Life Cycle of a Potato Unit Study which is part of the Food We Eat Series of Life Cycle Unit Studies and our Vegetable Garden Learning Pack.

What’s included:

  • 5 Lesson Plans; I is for Ireland, History of the Irish Flags, P is for Potato, History of the Irish Potato, Irish Art Appreciation, and S is for Soda Bread

  • Book Lists for all topics, plus YouTube video links via QR Codes with as many read aloud’s as we can find for you to enjoy on the go

  • 5 coloring pages; Europe Map, Ireland Map, Ireland Flag, Potatoes in the Garden, Irish Soda Bread

  • Letter pages for PreK-grade 2

  • Worksheets; sentence tracing and coloring for K-3+

  • Artist Spotlight and Art Appreciation of Gerard Dillion 1916-1971 and a focus on the Connemara area of Ireland

  • 1 Art Project; Potato Stamping

  • 2 traditional recipes of Irish Soda Bread and Authentic Irish Stew with a Lesson Plan, History lesson, books and Coloring Page for life skills in the kitchen, math connections and more!

  • Plus Additional Learning Resources via QR Codes with so many fun things to learn right at your fingertips while teaching

  • Europe Coloring Map - Find Italy on it and color it in. Use again and again to continue to add more color as you learn about more countries along your #readpaintcook journey

  • The Build Your Masterpiece Class Passport and Stamp Ireland #1 to collect!

  • 3-part cards for the topics learned in this lesson about Ireland’s Flags, Map, Potatoes, old ways of cooking, Connemara, and more.

This digital product is for personal use only. Books and props not included, mix + match this adventure with our Life Cycle of a Potato Unit Study.