YMB #26 Integrating Subjects: A Conversation with Carol Reynolds

It is a question English Moms and Math Moms both dread, "What about the arts?" How am I going to help my child appreciate and love beautiful art, music, and dance? Why should I even bother? Why is this so important when the crowd is clamoring STEM?Prof. Carol Reynolds is here to answer your questions and more. She is passionate about art, music and how it defines a culture. We are reminded that our children are very expressive beings who naturally find joy in creativity and admire beautiful things. She encourages us with practical advice on how to help our children keep their natural tendency for creative arts, how to integrate the arts into ourShe encourages us with practical advice on how to help our children keep their natural tendency for creative arts, how to integrate the arts into our everyday lives, into every subject we teach, and how to do this all without a strong arts background ourselves.With a gentle reminder that the goal is not to produce an artistic prodigy, but someone who appreciates and can discern the beauty in the arts. She also assures us that this can be done without spending gobs of money on lessons or resources but simply by asking the question, "Why is this beautiful, or ugly." With humor and warmth, Prof. Carol makes the arts sound not only doable for the average homeschool mom but absolutely essential.For show notes and episode downloads, visit https://pambarnhill.com/ymb26/.Mentioned in this episode:Bring Wonder into Your Homeschool This Fall!Visit pambarnhill.com/wonder to bring wonder into your homeschool this Fall! Add a spark of creativity to your homeschool with our Wonder Studies units! Each set includes fine arts plans for family morning time and add-on units covering science, social studies, and language arts for grades 1-6. Grab our Brazil unit or the full Fall Bundle featuring apples, Brazil, and gratitude—only available this October! Visit pambarnhill.com/wonder to grab your bundle today!Wonder Studies