If your children are inspired by the action and adventure of the Wild West, they will love this new Fine Art Pages collection! You’ll enjoy 30 pieces of printable art that are going to delight your entire family, while providing stealth art appreciation–without adding anything onto Mom’s already very full schedule.
Don’t know how to use them? Â No problem. Â Every purchase of our Fine Art Pages includes our How to Use Fine Art Pages in Your Home guide that will show you how easy it is to make art appreciation a natural part of your home life! Charles M. Russell was a Montana cowboy that had a deep reverence for the lifestyle of the West, and for the Native Americans that shared the land. He specialized in cowboy and Native American art, creating over 4,000 works during his lifetime. We have chosen 20 of his paintings for this collection. Frederic Remington was a prolific artist, creating over 2,000 paintings, illustrations, and sculptures during the late 1800s and early 1900s. He specialized in cowboy and Native American subject matter, as well as U.S. Cavalry. Ten of his works are included in this collection.
You’re buzzing around every day, teaching kids to read, overseeing math, potty training, driving to every dance class and doctor’s appointment, cleaning up after the pets, and trying to keep the chore schedule going. And then, when you’re already drowning a little (or at lot), somebody has the nerve to point out that you’re running out of groceries, and BY THE WAY, “What’s for dinner?”
Kill. me. now.
It used to be that it seemed like every single week I’d be facing the same issues: What are we going to eat? What do we need from the store? I want to make this but I’m missing ________. More often than not it would be the 5 o’clock frazzle, with me trying to figure out how to cobble together something edible that the troops would enjoy from whatever random ingredients we had on hand.
How many jobs can one woman handle? Â (Answer: Â Apparently A LOT. Â But still–isn’t it nice when you find a life hack that gives you back a bunch of hours plus some of your sanity?!)
Yeah, well, those days are over now, thanks to menu planning! And no, I’m not talking about the kind of menu planning that takes up hours of my time combing through pinterest, my cookbooks, and making lists. Been there, done that, not interested in going back! I don’t know about you, but I don’t have the time to rethink meals and make lists week after week. No thank you! I’m using plans that are already done-for-me and ready to roll from  Menu Planning Central!  (which also happens to be my other website!)
1. Menu Planning Saves Me Time:  This service provides you with already-created delicious meal plans and organized shopping lists.  You literally just print your recipes and the list, and head out to the store.  You’ll be able to get everything you need for a week of delicious, nutritious, homemade nightly dinners, including sides!  Other than deciding which night to have which thing, your brain space will be freed up to just get cooking and enjoy a nice meal with your family.
Pretty cool eh?
2. Â Menu Planning Helps Me Share the Load and Teach my Kids, too: Â As a homeschool mom, I’m incredibly busy, and being able to lift the whole what-will-we-eat burden off my shoulders has been so very helpful. Â The other thing I love about it is that since the plan is all printed out, my husband or kids can get dinner started if I’m not available! Â This is way better than having “the plan” held only in my mind, with my kids and husband only seeing ingredients but having no idea what we were supposed to be doing with them. Â I’ve seen my teens gain valuable kitchen skills while being able to take the initiative to cook dinner, and it’s been so nice to try new foods instead of being in the constant cycle of the same-old same-old meals that we’ve been having forever.
3. Â Menu Planning Saves Me Money in A Lot of Ways: Â
No more buying aimlessly, then ending up not using what I bought, or having excess produce go bad because I didn’t have a plan for how to use it.
No more wasting gas running back to the store for ingredients I’m missing. Â
No more impulse purchases while on those extra trips back to the store!
No more impulse decisions to go out to eat. Â Yes, we can go out when we plan to, but we don’t run into the I-have-no-idea-what-to-make blues that can cause you to spend too much on restaurants every month!
Menu Planning Central offers a great selection of menu plans to meet your needs.  Check it out!
My teenage sons and I have been enjoying our Prehistoric Art class since we started school last week. The interactive videos, the writing prompts that get them to think more deeply about the people and purpose for their art, and the discussions we’ve had about the creative evidence of that time have been really, really good. So now we’re looking forward to the next interactive online art class about Ancient History!
Even though we’re not studying ancient history this year, we’ll enjoy learning about art in chronological order. Â And I LOVE it that this course will include not only the typical ancient art we often are exposed to from Ancient Greece and Rome, but art from other cultures and continents will be included as well!
Cindy does a terrific job presenting, discussing, and teaching about art. YOU will get a lot out of it, and so will your teens! And did I mention that this is an excellent (and fun!) way for your high schoolers to earn art appreciation credit? It is!
Here’s a video where instructor Cindy Ingram explains more about the course:
Cindy has also been kind enough to share an exclusive coupon code for all of my friends here at Enrichment Studies. The code is ENRICHMENT and it will give you a 10% discount on the class or anything in the resource library at Art Curator for Kids! Â Click here to have your discount automatically entered for you.
One of the more challenging aspects of homeschooling through high school is making sure we provide a well-rounded education and make sure our children are earning all necessary credits.  Most families get a handle on the “big” stuff like math, science, and history, but often find themselves struggling to find a solution for music and the arts.
I’m really excited to tell you that Gena from Music in Our Homeschool has created some wonderful solutions for those music credits, at a very affordable price!
Take your kids on a journey through 20th century music! Â This online course will make it fun and easy for your kids to learn in an engaging way, and you won’t have to do much of anything. Â (phew! Â One thing to cross off your list!) Â This course is laid out in a very simple format that will make it a snap for you or your kids to work their way through it. Â Each module includes lots of interesting information about the subject matter, and videos are embedded as you go along so they can safely watch, listen, and learn about the different styles of music. Â Included are also some helpful printables so your child can keep track of what they are learning, become familiar with musical terminology, take notes and do some writing about the composers and music, and so on. Â There are also additional ideas for going deeper with this study, such as writing assignments, research opportunities, and such. Â One lesson a week will cruise your high schoolers through a half credit of music appreciation, and they’ll have fun doing it, too. Â
If you have a high schooler who needs a fine arts credit, you’ll want to look into this! Once it’s purchased, it’s yours forever, so all of your kids will be able to use it and earn a 1/2 credit during high school. But, it can also be used for moms that want to guide even their younger kids through the 36 weekly lessons.  Enterprising educators could even opt to get a special license to teach a co-op class with this course!
If you prefer ebooks to an online course, you have that option as well. Â The ebooks include the same material as the course, but in easy PDF format which can be viewed on a computer, tablet, or even a phone! Â All links to listen to the music are included, as well as notebooking pages. The 20th Century Music Appreciation set is in 2 volumes: American, and European/South American. They can be purchased separately or together in a bundle.
Endorsements:
“As a music educator, I appreciate the depth and organization Gena has put into her music curriculum. She provides many interesting facts and resources comparable to my college music history classes for high school students to learn about different composers of 20th Century European and South American music.” –Kathy Gossen of Cornerstone Confessions.
“Gena has done it again! This is a wonderfully comprehensive look at musicians from the 20th century, a great addition to her previous curriculum on American artists. There were so many composers whose music I was familiar with but didn’t know their names or anything else about them. I look forward to teaching this in my homeschool!” –Michelle Habrych, homeschool mom of two teens
I am SO excited to finally have this beautiful collection available for you! Mary Cassatt was an American Impressionist that spent a lot of time in Europe and studied alongside Degas.  She is most famous for her depictions of mothers and their children, though she herself never married nor had children.
This collection features a nice variety of 20 of Cassatt’s works in PDF format for you to print out and enjoy in your home. Â You’ll also receive our guide How to Use Fine Art Pages in Your Home that explains best practices for using Fine Art Pages to your greatest advantage. Â (Hint: Â It’s so easy on mom, and so effective for the entire family!) Â Click here to get yours!
Welcome to the Enrichment Lifestyle Blog! I'm so glad you're here. :) I'm Erica Johns, and I love to encourage homeschool moms and help them enjoy more of the beauty of the arts in everyday life.
About me: I started my homeschooling journey in 1997 and graduated the last of my six children in 2021. Amidst all the hard work, crazy days, uncertainty, and lost pencils, what I think we really gained was the gift of a lifetime: TIME TOGETHER. So awesome! Click my pic to learn more.
If your children are inspired by the action and adventure of the Wild West, they will love this new Fine Art Pages collection! You’ll enjoy 30 pieces of printable art that are going to delight your entire family, while providing stealth art appreciation–without adding anything onto Mom’s already very full schedule.
