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We are now daily in contact with our little granddaughter. Patti is nearly two and a half, and her language skills are developing at a prodigious rate. Of course, considering how much her mother and I like to talk, it’s no wonder she is following … Read more
Amidst the anxiety parents feel about their ability to teach their children, it’s useful to remember a basic tenet of teaching. At the root of the verb to teach is an Old English word tæcan meaning “to show, point out, or demonstrate.” Tæcan matches up … Read more
An Interview with Dr. Peter Mooz Is art an elective? In our continuing series of interviews with Dr. Peter Mooz, I asked him about art education and the ways children come to know art. Art comes about when civilization progresses to the point where it … Read more
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An Interview with Dr. Peter Mooz Art Historian Peter Mooz discusses his new book “Religion in American Painting.” Dr. Mooz will be familiar to many of our readers through his involvement in Exploring America’s Musical Heritage and Early Sacred Music. I have had the pleasure of … Read more
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By the time you read this post, it may be December 26 or 27. Christmas, they say, is over. They’re wrong. We’re still at the beginning of Christmas, despite what the commercial world says. Our modern culture has forgotten the actual parameters of the Christmas … Read more
Inspired by suggestions we heard from so many of you, we decided to publish a collection of the daily essays of our online Advent Calendar. We are pleased that it is now available on Amazon in paperback and on Kindle editions. Journey Through Advent began its own journey … Read more
These days we’re spending a lot of time practicing “nose,” “eyes,” and “mouth” with our 19-month old granddaughter. It’s a fantastic thing, helping a child figure out what’s on her face, and watching her realize other people have these structures too. The hardest thing, though, … Read more
We’re glad so many of you are enjoying our “7 Days to Beethoven” mini-course. My own journey to Beethoven has been life-long, starting from age seven when I played my first Beethoven Écossaise. There were significant stages along the way, such as learning to rip … Read more