Today was back-to-school day for kids across our province. While most every other family with school-aged children was getting up early, packing new bookbags, rushing over breakfast, running out the door to catch the bus… while moms were missing their babies (whether off for the first time or the twelfth) within a few hours of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Music’
Sep
09
Not Back to School Today!
by heather
Tags: back to school, biology, exercise, French, grammar, handwriting, home ec, Homeschooling, household, math, Music, poetry, preschool, science, summer, whales
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Posted in Family, Homeschooling | Comments (9)
Mar
22
First Session Wrap-up: Our First Six Weeks of Charlotte Mason
by heather
We’ve come to the end of our first session of homeschooling with a Charlotte Mason approach. I decided to follow the idea of organizing 6-week session blocks according to the TangleWood School’s suggestions. At the end of the session, we compare what we’ve done with what we’ve planned and see what adjustments might need to [...]
Tags: Aesop, archaeology, book of centuries, Canada, charlotte mason, copywork, curriculum, daily grams, French, geography, grammar, guitar, handwriting, history, Homeschooling, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Leonardo DaVinci, literature, logic, math, Mozart, Music, narration, NOEO science, Pippi Longstocking, poetry, reading, rightst, schedule, Secret Garden, TangleWood, values
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Posted in Family, Homeschooling | Comments (0)
Feb
11
Love me Some Chris Martin…
by heather
Yeah, I love Coldplay. For a whole number of reasons.
First, their music is actually good. It’s thoughtful, it’s well-composed, it’s interesting. It’s not just bubblegum pop, cookie-cutter rock, same-old new punk. It’s intelligent, from a musical and lyrical perspective.
And this is coming from someone with a Master’s Degree in Music. I ain’t no slouch, people. [...]
Tags: chris martin, coldplay, disintegration, fallout boy, geek, grammys, hybrid meter, Music, pete wentz, piano, poetry, pop music, robert smith, rock, the cure, viva la vida, war
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Posted in Music, Random Musings | Comments (0)
Feb
08
Whoa… Opportunity knocks
by heather
My mind is blown. I’ve just been offered a position that would be an incredible opportunity. I won’t give details right now, since I have no idea whether or not I’m going to accept.
Suffice it to say, it would be an important position in the local musical community. It’s a position I have [...]
Jan
31
When Did I Learn That?
by heather
Sometime between, oh, around 1995 and this past summer, I learned to play the trombone.
Let me clarify. I’ve been playing the trombone since I was 10 years old. When I was 12, I joined the City Band. I played all through high school. I played in the jazz band. And when I went to Acadia [...]
Tags: Acadia, alto, band, concert, Fredericton, jazz, mouthpiece, Music, orchestra, trombone
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Posted in Music, Random Musings | Comments (1)
Dec
26
Christmas Luck
by heather
Several blogs I’ve discovered recently had Christmas-themed contests, and I entered a few.
I just found out that I won one of them, and I’m pretty sure it’s the first blog contest I ever entered! I won a CD of Latin Carols from Classical Academic Press (ooh, they have Latin primers for children… tempting!!!)
Especially since I [...]
Tags: blog, carols, cd, Christmas, classical, contest, homeschool, latin, Music, resources, winner
Posted in Homeschooling, Music, Random Musings | Comments (1)
Posted in Homeschooling, Music, Random Musings | Comments (1)
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