Teach your child to use Bokeh
What is Bokeh? Bokeh is the beautiful blur in a picture. It can be used to get rid of a distracting background or just to add some interesting light shapes. In the picture below a cluttered…
Teach your child about window light portraits
This lesson is all about picking the right light when taking pictures of people. When I first started taking pictures of people I had a hard time. All my pictures turned out terrible and I…
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Teach Your Child To Take a Silhouette Picture
In this lesson we are going to see how your camera can be tricked into taking a silhouette picture. Sometimes tricking your camera can turn out to be a very good thing. A silhouette is…
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Teach Your Child About The Rule Of Thirds
This lesson is about composition. Composition is a big word that means how you position things in your photos. If your kids have played tic tac toe before, then this lesson should be easy to remember. The…
Teach Your Child About The Golden Hour
What is the golden hour? The golden hour is one of the best times of day to shoot pictures. It actually comes around two times every day. It happens right after sunrise in the morning…
Teach Your Child to Take Pictures From Different Angles
Do your child’s pictures all look the same? If your child has been taking pictures for very long you may start noticing that they all look the same. This can happen when they always use the same…
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Teach Your Child How To Hold A Camera
Camera Shake Have you ever thought your camera has a problem focusing? You set up a shot and it looks perfectly focused in the viewfinder. When you check the image on the camera screen your…
Teach Your Child To Get Close When Taking Pictures
Getting close Have your child take a picture of their little brother or sister, or even you without any instructions. Their first reaction might be to get the subject’s whole body in the picture. Many times…
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Teach Your Child Camera Basics
Taking pictures is so much fun. Part of that fun is using these incredibly complex little boxes we call cameras. But taking pictures should not just be about the gear you have. After saying that,…
Learn About Your Kids by Photographing Themes
Here is a fun activity to try with your kids. Have them shoot a theme. Pick one topic to take pictures of for the whole day or even the whole week. This will help your…
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5 Great Photo Ideas for Kids at Home
If your kids are getting into photography they might be having a hard time picking subjects. Here is a list of 5 things you can encourage your child to photograph plus a few tips on…
Teach Your Child to use the Camera’s Auto Modes
A young child should not be burdened with the task of figuring out how to make the best exposure. For kids under 7 just let them use the automatic modes. You may hear advice to…
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Pre-writing Practice with Cute Green Frogs
Enjoy these pre-writing practice worksheets with cute green frogs. Have your preschooler follow the dotted line to connect the frog on the left with his friend on the right. Download all the Cute Green Frog…
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Letter Writing Practice for Preschoolers
Check out this set of letter practice worksheets. Each worksheet contains both the upper and lower case version of the letter. To keep your children interested, ask them to color the picture after practicing the letter. Download all letter practice…
Christmas Themed Worksheets for Pre-K
Here are four basic Christmas themed activity worksheets. This is a Christmas themed prewriting practice worksheet set. There are eight different worksheets included. Download all worksheets in this post Thanks for visiting Cleverhomeschool.com!
How to use blend ladders
The two main goals when using these blend ladders is to: teach the short vowel sounds. instill that vowels are the most important part of the word. Always have your child start by saying the…
Teach your preschooler to write numbers
Practice writing numbers for preschoolers These worksheets are a great way for kids to start learning their numbers. Print out the worksheets. Practice writing the number, then color the picture. You can download all the numbers…