KinderBach is a beginning piano curriculum for preschool and early elementary children. It introduces elementary musical concepts such as rhythm, loud and soft, and high and low, as well as teaching the names of the musical notes on the keyboard. The main component of the program is the video lessons. Along with the video …
Do you know how sometimes you know something but since no one has really told you, you can kind of pretend you don’t know or hope that maybe it’s not as bad as you think it is? Well, now I can’t pretend. I really know. It’s really worse than I thought. My 7 year old …
Bertie’s War is a novel about a 7th grade girl growing up in the turbulent times of the early 1960’s. Bertie is at the confusing age between child and young woman. In many ways she is still a child and enjoys imaginary play. However, she uses her play to escape from reality. The book focuses …
What a great first week back to school! Over the break I had some time to think about why we weren’t getting as much done as we should be. I instituted (or re-instituted) some practices that had worked in the past. I realized that I’ve allowed myself to be influenced by how other people homeschool. …
It’s one week into 2010, and I have managed to finish one book. This week I read The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald D. Davis. It seems like a strange choice for the first book of the year, but I received it for Christmas and wanted to read it. It probably seems like a strange …
Swope’s Ridge is the second book in the Lije Evans mystery series by Ace Collins. I previously reviewed Farraday Road, the first book. I was excited when I received the sequel from Zondervan to review, because Farraday Road has the sort of ending that makes sure you read the next book! Swope’s Ridge continues the …
I have no experience with playing the guitar. However, my oldest son has a small guitar that he has been teaching himself to play for a while. So when I received the Jean Welles Worship Guitar Class on DVD, I gave it right to him. The 4-volume program is designed for students ages 10-adult. (There …
Yesterday my son willingly practiced his Latin vocabulary. Even AFTER I told him he could stop. Needless to say, I was shocked. The reason…. Quizlet.com I had heard of quizlet.com, but hadn’t gotten around to figuring out how it worked or getting anything set up on it. I was lucky when I discovered someone else …
Summary The One-Day Way produces lasting results by taking you back to basics. No more complicated weight-loss strategies. No more expensive diet plans that achieve only temporary results. Instead, you will lose weight and get fit with Chantel Hobbs’s simple, high-energy meal plans and her at-home program for cardio exercise and strength training. She will …
I’ve spent some time during the last two weeks thinking back over 2009. It was a wonderful year in many ways. I’ve made a lot of new on-line friends this year through blogging and my involvement with the TOS Homeschool Crew. My children are learning at home. We haven’t studied all that I had hoped …
