Awhile back, Melissa posted about having a built in test-audience for her books – her kids. Well, I’m lucky to have a similar built in audience. But while Melissa reads her stories aloud to her kids as they are in progress, my kids are project testers.
My next book will be Great Medieval Projects You Can Build Yourself, in the same series as my colonial book. So, I’ve been researching and reading (rereading in some cases – we’ve studied ancient history around here almost constantly since B was 5 and in love with ancient Egypt) all things medieval. And, as I’ve been writing, I’ve been developing some cool projects in my head.
Yesterday we had some time to spare, so I set out to test an idea for making mock stained glass. While the kids designed their patterns, I read aloud to them about stained glass. During the middle ages most people didn’t know how to read, so many bible stories were pictured both in stained glass and wall paintings so that people could “read” the stories. I did not know that before I started researching this book!
Here’s one:
They turned out pretty well and the kids enjoyed it – this activity is definitely going into the book.
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