Fujita’s Clair de Lune
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...
Homeschooling in the Philippines
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...
Composer of the Month: Claude Debussy’s Clair de Lune
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...
Composer of the Month: Claude Debussy
No time to write long right now, I'll be back later with a long post, or maybe even a series of posts... This month's composer is Claude Debussy His "Clair de Lune" is playing right now. It's such a relaxing piece of music, perfect for just before bedtime...
This Week’s Music Selection: St. Hildegard von Bingen’s O Ignis Spiritus
For starters, here's a link to the music sheet which I found at irupert.com: O Ignis Spiritus Here are the lyrics and translation per Rupert Chappelle: O ignis spiritus paracliti, vita vite omnis creature, sanctus es vivificando formas Sanctus es unguendo periculose...
Saint Hildegard von Bingen: Ave Generosa by Rosa Lamoreaux
This week's feature is Ave Generosa sung by Rosa Lamoreaux, from the album Luminous Spirit: Chants of Hildegard von Bingen. The lyrics, translation and notation can be found here (pdf file), and a guide to reading and singing Gregorian chants can be found here. The...
Suki’s Naturals
I read about Suki's Naturals in Organic Style several years ago. The company was started by Suki Kramer who according to the article was "plagued with eczema as a child". Suki hand-makes everything, using no synthetic preservatives; all her printing is done locally...
Saint Hildegard von Bingen: Columba Aspexit from Gothic Voices with Emma Kirkby
We are studying St. Hildegard von Bingen's music this month. I've updated the sidebar to play one of her compositions this week and will try to change that every week this month. (After the music changes, the embedded player will be moved to the corresponding post.)...
St. Paul the Apostle Copywork / Spelling / Vocabulary / Mini Lesson Plan Part 2
Part 1 is here. Chapter 6 vocation implored glorious testimony Gentiles martyr disembark Seleucia mused widespread receiving Antioch Barnabas Chapter 7 Orontes River grandeur vices abounded pagan teeming Christians appropriate characteristic triumphant agape...
Cow’s Eye Dissection
Aisa (16) is dissecting a cow's eye today. She's put it off and put it off and put it off -- the thing has been sitting in our fridge for months (ugh! we still have a fetal pig in there). They sent a dissection guide with it, but this one's more interesting so we're...
For Latina Christiana I Users
I made flashcards for the kids to help them review LC I as we move on to LCII. These are downloadable PDF files, patterned after the LCI flashcards from Memoria Press but not as pretty... I tried to do it on my OpenOffice software but I couldn't get it to work...
Art History
Timeline of Art History, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: one of the best organized art history sites I've seen Especially useful for those of us who study art chronologically.
Music Program
I've just put together our music program for the next five years (missing a few more months). It's here. One composer a month. We plan to read a short biography, listen to a Music Masters recording if we have it, then play one or two of the composer's main works...
Looking for a Greek program
We've been using English from the Roots up off and on since we got back to homeschooling in '01. Now I'm looking for a Greek program/course to do after (or maybe even concurrently depending on content and difficulty level) our Latin studies. Any suggestions? I'm...
Copywork Made Easy (on Mom)
The past 3 weeks were used to organize all the kids' papers from years past. This is so much easier done at the end of the year, but we have moved so much that this is the first time in 4 years I've actually been able to sit down at the end of the year and sort and...