Hey Croix,
It is a beautiful picture isn't it. I absolutely love art like that. And also life at that time in history. I have often wondered if I would fit in much more if I lived back then.
I believe it would be American. It is an illustration in the collecters edition of Little House on the Prairie. The illustrations are by Garth Williams.
As for the homeschool, we started when my son was 4. He was showing much interest in learning then. Not full on or anything. I loved the fact that I taught him to read. And one day as he was sounding out letters in a short story, I saw a light switch on in him. As if it suddenly occurred to him that all this learning of letters was telling a story. I have a special image of it.
Has for the easing into it. I am not real sure. I do know when my son did go to a public school in year 6 it took him a while to get used to it. Being couped up in a room, the bully's at the school. I am not sure we prepared him properly for that. It was a sad time.
Just have fun when you teach them and learn and do stuff right along side when they are real little. I think they love that. We did learning outside a lot. Natural science stuff like watching a trail of ants and then just have a natural type of conversion about them. Then maybe I would Google ants, print of a free worksheet about ants. It may be a picture to colour in. A picture to label the parts of an ant. We may even look at one close with a magnifying glass. Even trace the letters in the word ant, as for a handwriting lesson. Watch a movie about ants. And read a book about them. Even construct an ant out of an egg carton and pipe cleaners. Just turn everyday stuff into a themed lesson.
I could go on and on about it Croix. So thanks for reading all my words here.
