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This cake is made with chick peas instead of wheat flour. It is so very moist and delicious! Garbanzo Bean Chocolate Cake (image is from www.allrecipes.com )

"How will I ever become a great artist when she's in the competition? She makes them come alive!" He was referring to Jill Barklem of The Complete Brambly Hedge (which I snagged for $25 after waiting for months!).

Geography of the Renaissance Discovering Linear Perspective An Interdisciplinary Unit The Dome of the Duomo ** You can click on biography, vocabulary, or tasks from there.

You can buy them all at Amazon Waiting for Filippo: The Life of Renaissance Architect Filippo Brunelleschi by Michael Bender A pop-up book about the Italian Renaissance architect,sculptur and engineer, Filippo Brunelleschi, explaining how he designed the dome of the cathedral in Florence. Brunelleschi developed the theory of perspective, altering the face of architecture. The details of Florentine life are given as the book follows Brunelleschi's career from apprentice to leading architect. Filippo's Dome by Anne Rockwell The building of the dome of the city of Florence by Brunelleschi. Pippo the Fool by Tracey E. Fern The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence was a marvel of art, architecture, and engineering. But it lacked a finishing ornament, a crowna dome! The city fathers had a solution: to invite the finest masters to compete for the chance to design a dome. The rumors of this contest reached the ears of Filippo Brunelleschi, better known in Florence as Pipp...

It even has The Adventures of Tintin coloring pages! More favorites are Beatrix Potter, Sarah Kay, Thomas the Tank, and Winnie the Pooh.

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National Wildlife Federation -- Night Friends, American Bats Guide Glorious Bats (scroll down to page 36 for a matching exercise and pages 41-42 for a cute research printable). National Wildlife Federation Bat House Plans Reader -- Printable Book Free Lapbook Booklet for younger students What a Nose! -- A Bat Identification Handout

Here are some great websites for studying Leonardo da Vinci. Museum of Science A Lifetime of Color Leonardo's Workshop Time Warp Trio Guide Lesson plan for older students Mono Lisa Coloring Page Art prints to print

They pertain to a book you can purchase here , but they can be used on their own. Teacher's Guide Activity Sheets Here are also some great resources to help from Core Knowledge: Remembering the Renaissance Music from the Renaissance The Renaissance -- Rebirth of Ideas Four Armed Men from the Renaissance The Art of Illusion scroll down until you see several pages that deal with this.

Download this pdf file! It lists picture books according to: 1. media (ex. charcoal, collage) 2. element (ex. line, shape) 3. style (ex. impressionism, cartoon) It also includes a list of picture books about art museums and photography. Here is another one by the same person: Seeing the World through Art I really need to work on my own list, because we've been reading a lot of books this year with great art work. I try to always discuss the sort of art work in the book with my boys, and I've noticed they really pay attention to it. So, there's one of my plans for the year -- to track the art work in various history and science picture books we use. We've found great ones during our Mayan/Aztec/Incan study using papercrafting, and today we read a book using acrylics and colored pencils! A fabulous book to buy which includes hands-on art projects copying styles, techniques, elements, etc. from great picture books can be bought here Here's another great article about ...