Etchings

One of the wonderful things about using Heart of Dakota is that it includes a bunch of wonderful arts and crafts!  I am not very good at planning this type of thing myself.  I tend to be more focused on academics, even though I completely believe that combining as many senses as possible into learning is best.  Yesterday, Megan did a beautiful etching to go with her lesson.

Megan's history and Bible lesson was on Cain and Abel.  The etching was an awesome way to show how God can see inside our hearts.  The etching was bright and beautiful, but covered with with black crayon, it was hard to tell what was underneath.

But when we used a key to etch the black off, we could see glimpses of the beauty underneath.

The finished product was dramatically striking.  Megan, at first, didn't understand why she had to cover her beautiful colors with black.  However, when she realized how neat it looked when she could put designs on the black with colors peaking out beneath, she was then excited!