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I know that so many of you will be studying Ancient History this year, so you are going to be very interested in what’s coming available from The Art Curator for Kids!

First up is a FREE mini course on Prehistoric Art, which is so cool!  This is an area of art that is often overlooked in more traditional art appreciation courses, but is so fascinating.  This class is ideal for your high schoolers, and for your own education that you can use when teaching your own children, or even if you will use your new knowledge to teach a co-op class.  This free class begins in August 15.

Now, I do want to let you know about a few things:

1.  Pre-historic art is discussed, with the timeline of the world going back to 2.6 million years BC.  For those of you that object to anything other than young earth viewpoints, this may not be for you.  Personally I found the mentions of timelines to be perfectly fine, and something that would not hinder me from learning about prehistoric art.
2. Lesson Two spends time studying paleolithic venus sculptures, such as Venus of Willendorf.  This type of art is common for the time period, the handling of the subject matter is appropriate, but if you do not want your child to view prehistoric nudity in art, this may not be for you.

Instructor Cindy Ingram does an excellent job of teaching in a personable and informative way.  I personally love learning new things for myself and to become more equipped to be a better home educator, and as I watched these class videos I felt myself feeling more and more excited to have learned so much new and interesting information!  Don’t forget to fill your own cup, too, fellow homeschool moms!  This is a free class and doesn’t take a lot of time, so it’s a perfect place to start,

Included in the class are

• videos
• workbook to download
• assignments such as art observation, essays, reflection, poetry, and more
• facebook group access to discuss with other participants as well

Click here to go sign up for this free course!