Homeschooling

I just a found a really nifty online helper that generates sight reading sheets. For those of you teaching your kids music at home, this is a great tool I’ve noticed my kids need this badly, as do I. And… Continue reading

Accompany your music study with a reading of Lord Byron’s Prometheus or Goethe’s. Continue reading

I’m adding one more resource that may be more useful for those with really young children and are not ready to go into an intensive composer-literature study. Music Education Madness has several suggestions for using literature while teaching music at… Continue reading

This month’s Composer Study explores music inspired by literature. I am borrowing heavily from our local orchestra’s study this month, and throwing in a few ideas of my own: We start off with Beethoven’s Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus,… Continue reading

Betsy Hart’s post on educating one’s children: the goal is “Heaven, not Harvard” Why I Believe in Homeschooling by Tina Smith The Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education Our 16-yo dd attended a Reggio-Emilia preschool and blossomed wonderfully. When… Continue reading

It’s about time we finished our Ancient Rome studies, we’ve been plugging away at it for several months now. Most enjoyable was our daily readings (aloud) from Famous Men of Rome — those were some interesting characters and the kids… Continue reading

When I first came to the US, a good friend who migrated the year before introduced me to stamp collecting. She and I loved the same things: stationery, pretty things, and music, so stamp collecting became another hobby we enjoyed… Continue reading

The music you’re hearing right now is Johannes Ockeghem’s Intemerata Dei Mater. I’ve been posting at the 4real Forum about this composer and his works which we are studying/listening to for the month of September. Click here for the entire… Continue reading

This week we have been listening to Children’s Corner — a favorite is Golliwogg’s Cakewalk. Besides what Classics for Kids offers, some other interesting things I came across when I was looking for more information about this piece: Golliwog’s Cakewalk… Continue reading

I’ve been working on our homeschooling pages here. Some of the things you’ll find: my kids’ current curriculum and booklists, our music and art plans, free Latin flashcards, a list of Pinoy homeschooler sites, how-to book suggestions, etc. Continue reading