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RSSI homeschool my kids from the time we get up until about 3 p.m. each weekday, and then I teach piano lessons until 6 p.m. A schedule like that is not very conducive to cooking meals on a daily basis. I've been successful at times with preparing meals ahead of time, or having my husband [...]
March 31, 2009
National Bible Bee Competition
March 31, 2009 By 2 Comments
Have you heard of the Bible Bee? I hadn't until yesterday, but it looks really interesting. According to the Bible Bee website, this will be the first-of-its-kind, world-class National Bible Bee Competition. The competition will begin with local contests in communities nationwide on September 12, 2009, and then the top 100 finalists from each age [...]
March 31, 2009
Spring Break, and Rethinking Our Schedule
March 31, 2009 By 1 Comment
Since we switched our public-school like calendar to a more homeschool-friendly calendar last November (three 12-week terms), our Spring Break is a glorious two weeks long! Unfortunately, one of my children is not able to enjoy her Spring Break yet. You see, two weeks before Spring Break was ready to begin, I wrote out a [...]
March 28, 2009
Joely, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
March 28, 2009 By 1 Comment
Last week Joely chose to have her face painted with a hodge podge of designs: flowers on her left cheek, a butterfly on the right, and an easter bunny on her arm. Apparently Joely was in the Christmas spirit this week, so she chose to have her face painted as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It [...]
March 25, 2009
HSLDA Offers Free Membership Through July
March 25, 2009 By 2 Comments
Home School Legal Defense Association is offering free membership to homeschooling families through July 31, 2009. I've never been a member of any homeschool association beyond our county association, so I'm excited to see what membership in a national association is like. HSLDA is much more than legal defense; they offer general homeschooling support as [...]
March 24, 2009
Basic Music Theory Study Guide
March 24, 2009 By 4 Comments
I posted last weekend about the book Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music, by Jonathan Harnum, which is available for download in its entirety here. (UPDATE: The author has recently changed the download from FREE to PAID. You can still download the 1st edition of Basic Music Theory here, although [...]
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