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

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 the same time,...

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 we...

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 together. Sometimes we'd send each...

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 by Charles T....

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.

Find of the Day! - pdf file from Layton Music There are other things there that may be of interest, like Note Name Cards, Rhythm Cards, etc. I've never been a flashcard person, since Aisa when we first started homeschooling didn't like them and I stopped buying/making...

is here. Haaaah!!! I finally finished it. Not that it won't change... but when a plan's in place... the chances of something happening is increased a hundredfold.

I've got it playing on the sidebar but the more I listen to it the less I'm liking it. Too many crescendoes and hard-hitting the keys for Clair de Lune, JMHO. CdeL's supposed to be peaceful, flowing, soothing, soft..... this one gets on my nerves quite a bit. There...

Is it catching on? Beginner’s guide to homeschooling By Stephanie R. Asuncion I'm a little surprised at the price tag though. P50,000 per child/year! I wonder how that compares to private school tuition. I certainly homeschool our kids for much less here, and I know...

Ideas for enjoying Claude Debussy's music this month: Listen to Clair de Lune while sipping a cup of French Verveine / Verveine Odorante and admiring a Monet painting or two (or Renoir's) -- this would be especially lovely on a gloomy or cloudy day, but you don't have...