Home School Art Studio Program DVD with Lindsey Volin 3rd Grade

My kids look forward to Art every week since incorporating this DVD into our homeschool curriculum! Great value, love the way the projects are presented!

What a blessing it was recently to be selected to review the new Home Art Studio art curriculum! We received the 3rd grade program, since it fell nicely between the ages of the boys. It was a great fit - not too easy for one, and not too much of a struggle for the other. In fact, the kids enjoyed it so thoroughly that, after experiencing this one, I would be very interested to see some of the other levels!Art is a subject that has been overlooked, in the formal sense, in our home. While we do art projects regularly, there has been no formal art education here, and this filled a great hole in what I would term the kids' "background education."Ms Volin, the instructor, is both a mom and accredited Art Education Teacher. She has created a set of clear, understandable lessons that require very little teacher prep. The dvd is also a cd-rom containing lesson plans with a supply list. I loved this feature because I was able to get everything prepared ahead of time, and then play it on the computer while the kids worked at the kitchen table. I could keep an eye on everything while working on dinner over in the kitchen.Home Art Studio is appropriate for Kindergarten through 5th grade. There is also one disc with holiday-themed art projects. Each disc contains about seventeen lessons, and the ones on our disc were all very different. It's not all drawing, or painting, but a nice mix of different media. She includes art history and art basics, but also incorporates science, math, and geography into the lessons. The only trouble we had was that we had to keep pausing the lesson so that the kids could complete a particular instruction before moving on to the next one. However, this is not enough to put us off from future lessons.

I really like this teacher, she's cheerful and easy to understand. She shows you step-by-step what the project is, what it should look like, and how to do it. Also, she uses a variety of paints and most of the items we already had. My third grader loves it. There is one project I had my third grader and eighth grader as well do, and they turned out fantastic! Will be buying the fourth grade video for sure. A+++

Great homeschool help. Clear and understandable lessons. My kids loved them. The only teacher prep required is having the required supplies ready, which is easy because the dvd is also a CD-ROM that contains each individual lesson plan with a supply list.

We whole heartedly recommend this curriculum. It was used in our homeschool for 3rd grade and my son LOVED it. We will be looking for the 4th grade level for the upcoming year.