Susanna Etzel “They’re so orange.” A selection of paints? A pile of fabric swatches? No. This was Daughter #1’s comment about, of all things, a list of consonants in her poetics text. We read aloud “b, c, d, f, g, h,. . . v, x, y, z,” … Read more
How do you teach classical music to boys? I was fortunate enough to spend New Year’s Eve at a concert – complete with cascading balloons in the grand finale. Listening that night, I thought about all the things awaiting discovery by my children, details of … Read more
Ready or not, here comes the second semester. And maybe you’ve been thinking about some curriculum adjustments, maybe working more arts, music and Western cultural history into your homeschool curriculum. Or maybe you’ve avoided thinking about curriculum by . . . watching sports! There are … Read more
. . . in Life In my last post about incorporating music into your homeschool curriculum, we looked at how music needs some consonance and some dissonance in order to move forward. Too much consonance, and the music will not move – or will need … Read more
. . . at Home It is not yet 8 a.m., and one of our children has been directed to fetch something from his room. Within seconds of his entering the room, there is squawking and protest from Big Brother, who shares the room. Big … Read more
. . . to Bach’s Lunch? That was the question. “The music of Bach may or may not be performed. Adjust your musical expectations accordingly,” said the poster. I decided “to go.” We packed sandwiches, grapes, some pretzels, and our adjusted expectations. “We” in this … Read more
I am a geek. I know this because I can see it in my children’s eyes when I discover any sort of academic tidbit hiding in real life and attempt to point it out to them. Sometimes they smirk or even glaze over a bit. … Read more
