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Learning to Play Music in Homeschool
Music is amazing. It has the ability to change moods. But, think of how amazing it is when your child learns to play beautiful music. Whether it’s guitar or piano, violin or trumpet learning to play music not only teaches the art of music, it teaches math skills, performance, and discipline. This post contains affiliate advertisement links. Knowing that we were going to move to Missouri, I knew that my son was going to struggle with saying goodbye to his piano teacher. She’s an awesome teacher who is very gifted with both musical talent and the ability to teach. I too, was a bit sad to have to let her go knowing…
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31 Music Unit Studies and More Resources to Teach in Homeschool
Sometimes when teaching music in homeschool you don’t really have time to dive in to a complete 32 week lesson series. Instead, perhaps what will work best for your classroom is to study music in bite size chunks. Allowing your children to learn about great artists, classical composers or music theory a little at a time can help them to retain more of what they are learning. This post contains affiliate advertisement links. Utilizing unit studies, lapbooks or notebooking pages can do exactly that. Allow you an opportunity to teach music in homeschool without fully committing to a 32 week lesson.
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Top 10 Music Appreciation Curricula for Homeschoolers
Discover 10 music appreciation curricula for homeschool using a variety of methods for students in elementary to high school.
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Music Appreciation Resources for Teaching Homeschool
Homeschooling allows us to dive into subjects that many public schools are abandoning. Often this is due to very tight budgets. Other times it’s because those subjects simply aren’t found on the state mandated tests. Music appreciation is one of those subjects. But in homeschooling, we can embrace these subjects. That’s why I’m bringing you this music appreciation resources list. This post contains affiliate advertisement links. Books to Use as a Guide for Music Appreciation for Homeschool I believe, that music appreciation should be taught through listening, observation and participation. But, sometimes we need to have a guide for what to introduce to our kids. I suggest using these books to…
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Putting History into Perspective
Connecting History to the Modern World Let’s face it, sometimes history can seem so dry. Without context children lose the importance of understanding how history affects their own lives. Trying to connect their minds and hearts to something that happened long before they were even born can seem like a daunting task. Actually, it may seem impossible. This post contains affiliate advertisement links. The reality is it’s hard for any human to connect to something that happened decades, if not centuries, ago. It will seem irrelevant if there isn’t an understanding of how it connects with ones self.
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LEGO Therapy for Developing Social Skills
Help Build Social Skills with LEGO® Therapy for Gifted & Other Special Needs Children Let’s face it many gifted kids and teens struggle to communicate with neurotypical people. It doesn’t matter if they are talking to older, younger or same aged children. The struggle is real. LEGO Therapy is a method developed for kids with autism but the principles of this type of therapy could be used to help gifted and 2e children as well. This post contains affiliate advertisement links to 3rd party sites. I am not a licensed therapist. I’m a homeschooling mom to a gifted child. I share this post and ideas for information purposes only. Please check…
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Health and Nutrition Curriculum for Homeschool High School
There are times when my teen boy does not want his mom to teach him. When it comes to his health, his own body, this is especially true. It’s just awkward. In these teen years I know that the lessons taught now will serve as a foundation for good healthy habits in the future. Which is why I want to be sure he learns the importance of self-care. Be sure to read through to find out how you can enter to win health and nutrition curriculum for your family. This is a sponsored review post and contains affiliate advertisement links. I am being fairly compensated for my time in reviewing and…
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Central Ohio Field Trips for Homeschoolers to Explore
For a time the Ohio state slogan was, The Heart of it All. Ohio is a large state with amazing things to explore. The history of the state from Marietta to Toledo and Cleveland to Cincinnati is expansive. With that comes many options for field trips for homeschoolers. This post focuses on the best Ohio field trips in the Central Ohio region with the state capital Columbus at the center of the state. Field trip opportunities in the state of Ohio are abundant, especially in central Ohio. I’ve lived in this state for 15 years and my husband grew up a Buckeye. Sometimes though, when you live in a place…
