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I have to admit, I am a bit challenged when it comes to the fine arts and I was never exposed to classical music growing up. I do however want my children to appreciate the Godly composers from our past.
My goal is not to necessarily make them Classical Music lovers, but simply to make them aware of what is defined as pleasant music to the ear and what is acceptable to the Lord.
Color the Classics: Godly Composer is such a fun way to introduce your family to the famous composers that dedicated their music gift to the Lord. This simple, but thorough curriculum will help your children to understand the history behind the pieces of timeless music.
There are (4) composers introduced in this book: Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, and Haydn.
Each composer has 7 simple lessons that includes the biography and interesting facts, as well as vocabulary words. Included in the book are several coloring pages to go along with the lessons. The 55 minute CD that is included in this bundle consists of 3 pieces of music from each composer. Also, there is a very helpful timeline at the end of the book and suggested resources to expand on your study for the older children.
How Color the Classics works for our Family
Our entire family has been enjoying the Color the Classics this past month. We have been going over (2) lessons at a time. I print out the appropriate coloring pages for each one of my children, including my high schoolers. The copyright terms allows you to print additional coloring pages for your own family. The younger ones enjoy coloring the pages during the lesson, as well as, listening to the music by the composer after the lesson. The older children write notes on the back of the coloring sheet and are required to find additional information about each composer we study either on the Internet or books that we have collected in our library.
I am going to require my high schoolers to write an essay on their favorite Godly composer after we finish the book. I also encourage my little ones to complete a notebook page after we study each composer. They also put their coloring pages in their history notebooks.
My younger children absolutely adore listening to the CD before they go to bed each night.
I plan on purchasing each one of the Color the Classics books and accompany CDs. After we complete all (4) books, I will be giving my high schoolers a fine art credit.
Color the Classics has been such a FUN and entertaining way to teach my children music appreciation. And it’s little to no prep for me.
Hearts at Home offers up to 30% off all their various curriculum selections making the homeschool affordable for all. You can purchase Color the Classics: Godly Composers for 19.95. This includes (1) Book and CD. Also, there is FREE Shipping!
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Your children will enjoy coloring while learning the Godly famous composers.
Does it make you want to pull your hair out when you open your strawberry carton and a few of those precious babies have more hair than your husband?
It really irks me!
Our whole family adores popping a strawberry in their mouth for a sweet snack!
But often we forget about the carton of fresh expensive strawberries because somehow they migrate to the back of the fridge.
I found the solution.
And it’s tried and true!
I bought these beautiful strawberries 12 days ago! Don’t they look perfect?
Here is the strawberry secret!
Wash them with vinegar!
The vinegar kills any mold spores and other bacteria that might be on the surface of the fruit.
Raspberries will last a week or more, and strawberries go almost two weeks without getting moldy and soft.
And your so BERRY welcome for this frugal tip! LOL!
Have you tried the strawberry secret yet?
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This will keep my three old year old busy while we are homeschooling. She loves doing school with her siblings.
Here ias a FREE Color Sequencing Games to print.
Description:
The Caterpillar Circles and Color Sequencing game is a great way to introduce colors, color words and practice sequencing skills. A Caterpillar template is provided, along with Color Circles with and without the Color words, and 6 Sequencing Cards.
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…and our family is a living testimony!
Okay, maybe math is still not their absolute favorite subject, but my 16 and 11 year old sons no longer complain about doing their math assignments each day.
This alone deserves an AMEN!
Each lesson takes about 20 minutes and consists of a detailed explanation, speed drills, multiple review problems, and at least one word problem at the bottom of the page. You have the option of purchasing a teaching DVD for each book where Rick Fisher teaches each individual lesson.
How Math Essentials Works for Us
My 6th grader struggles in math and to be honest, I don’t do him any justice with my math teaching skills. I have never had a strong understanding of the subject, but managed to get by. Both of us reached the point that we were in tears virtually every day. Fractions posed the biggest challenge.
Immediately after receiving Mastering Essentials Skills Book 1 and the accompanying teaching DVD, my son watched the correlating lesson taught by math teacher, Rick Fisher. Rick encourages the child to work out the sample problems on scratch paper along with him during each lesson. Guess what? He totally understands fractions now! He is excelling in math and moving through the book by himself at a fast pace. No more tears and all I have to do is grade his assignment each day. Yay!
Mastering Essentials Math Skills Book 1 and 2 consists of:
Check out samples and the Table of Contents of the Mastering Essentials Math Skills books. These books are recommended for grade levels 4 and above.
Also, my sophomore struggles in Algebra. His previous math program was not working for him so we were drawn to No-Nonsense Algebra solely because each lesson is taught online with the math teacher, Rick Fischer. The online lesson only takes about 10 minutes each day. When you receive the No-Nonsense Algebra book, you will be instructed to easily register online to retrieve each algebra lesson. The online lessons are included when you purchase the The NoNonense Algebra book. This program works wonders for my son. He is working through the book with no problems. You can read my more detailed review here.
Our family has been blessed with the teachings of Math Essentials. I feel like a load has been lifted off my shoulders. My sons math spirits are lifted up and mommy is thrilled!
Math Essentials really takes into consideration the fact that most homeschool families live on one income in a two income world. Their curriculum is far less expensive than other comparable algebra programs that include instructed lessons. You can individually purchase Mastering Essential Math Skills Book 1, 2 and Pre Algebra with the DVD each for 33.95. No-Nonsense Algebra can be purchased for the low price of 27.95.
Right now through February 28 Mastering Essentials is offering a HUGE promotion for both new and existing customers! For all orders over 20.00 you will receive for FREE the Mastering Essential Math Skills: Problem Solving book (14.95 value) and a math kit (4.95 value).
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Math Essentials wants one of Blessed Beyond a Doubt’s readers to have their own family Math Essential set: Mastering Essential Math Skills Book 1, 2 and Pre Algebra with the DVD, and No-Nonsense Algebra. This is over a 130.00 value! I will be picking a random winner on May 22 at 12a. Winner will be contacted via email and must respond within 48 hours.
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As Christian homeschool parents, one of our goals is to teach our children the truth about creation.
God is the creator of all things.
It’s very difficult to find science material at a library written from a Christian point of view, not to mention, it’s nearly impossible to find biblical information on the internet.
We resorted to and absolutely love nature studies in our home. Each one of my 6 children have their own nature notebook. We go outside when the weather permits to discover how mighty our God of Creation truly is. I believe we can strengthen our relationship with the Lord by studying his marvelous creations.
Our nature studies got a big boost when we received several editions of Creation Illustrated. Creation Illustrated is the Christian alternative to National Geographic. Each Creation Illustrated is divided into 3 sections: Creation Illustrated in Nature, in Scripture, and in Living. It is designed to assist all ages in worshipping our Creator and getting outdoors to soak in the magnificent lessons our Lord wants us to fathom. There are so many spiritual lessons to be learned by studying nature.
Creation Illustrated Mission Statement:
Our purpose is to share the wonders of God’s creation. By revealing fresh insights of His infinite wisdom, gentle touch, undeniable justice, redeeming love, and flawless design, pure truth shall bring renewed peace. Each part of this publication is offered as a reprieve from the daily rigors of life so that all can look to the future with unbridled gratitude and hope.
Creation Illustrated delivers a new issue every quarter. It’s filled with beautiful illustrations that will capture your entire family’s interest. It’s filled with recipes, scripture, testimonies and life applications written from an encouraging Christian perspective. I absolutely love the fact, that the editor/publisher is a Christian homeschool family. Since they homeschooled themselves, they have included in each issue an Instructional Guide designed to help students integrate and embrace the spiritual lessons that can be taught through God’s Creation.
How it Works for Our Family
We have enjoyed these magazines numerous ways the past weeks. I have read them aloud to all the children after one of my children chooses an article of interest. My 8 year old was intrigued with, The Jesus Worm. The message is this article was spiritually deep and fascinating to us all based on Psalm 22. You must read it! He loves to look up all the Scripture references in his own Bible. Then we looked up the Jesus worm known as the Coccus illicis on the internet. Talk about an amazing study.
We have also all just sat around browsing older issues of Creation Illustrated at leisure as a family, too. It’s fun to narrate the articles to one another and talk about the spiritual lesson.
We plan on doing plenty of nature notebook pages with this inspiring resource in the future. Creation Illustrated is a wonderful addition to any Christian household.
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All children seem to admire the transportation theme.
The Measured Mom has wonderful FREE transportation themed worksheets covering literacy and math skills. It’s 22 pages of FUN!
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Once my children are independent readers, I often feel out of the loop. Most of the time, I get a very vague response about the material they read and I admit it drives me batty. I was thrilled to receive READS Parent/Child Reading Comprehension System (READS) and was anxious to get started with this simple and effective reading comprehension system geared for grades 1-4 which can easily be adaptable for all ages.
I am a busy homeschool mother of 6 blessings and time is of essence in our home. I simply do not have time to read every piece of literature my children read. Don’t get me wrong, I do monitor what reading material my children engage in, but I don’t thoroughly read every single book.
Finding READS has been a true blessing in our busy home. I love how you can utilize this program with any reading material. And there are 30 interesting questions, so they will never get bored answering the same question with each book they read.
READS enhances your skills to effectively help your child with reading:
• Works with any reading material
• Provides a method to verify that your child comprehended the material read – super easy to implement
• Helps to develop your child’s critical thinking skills – a simple yes or no answer is not sufficient
• Saves you time – huge plus for me
READS Parent/Child Reading Comprehension System Includes:
How it Works for Us
We have used READS many ways in our home in the last month and ways to utilize this program are endless. My second grader has been enjoying using the magic finger during his independent reading time. This helps him stay focused. I have him pick a card before he starts reading his book that he selected. I then make sure he is very clear on what the question is asking him to look for during the story.
After he finishes reading his book, he comes and answers his specific question that he selected. Many times he comes and tells me as I am preparing our lunch. He also has a book report form that he fills out, too. He uses the speedy speller to look up any words he does not know how to spell. The Speedy Speller is very helpful for him. You will need to purchase one for each child, but they are very reasonably priced. I only allow him to put one sticker on the goal sheet per day because he would fill up the entire sheet in a few days.
My son also loves to read to his younger siblings. They take turns picking out a card to determine what they are going to discuss after the story. They do this during their leisure time. I love hearing their intellectual discussions. It’s a fun activity for them.
Also, we have picked a card during our read a loud time. This has helped with the little ones staying focused and quiet. Everyone is always anxious to answer the question at the end of our time together. You can also use these cards with older children, however I recommend just asking them one of the questions because the cards were developed for younger children. I have done this several times with my 12 year old.
I honestly believe every family needs the READS Parent/Child Reading Comprehension System in their home whether you homeschool or not. It’s perfect for summer reading and will encourage reading comprehension practice in a non-threatening way. It just might be the perfect gift for that family that has everything!
You can purchase the READS Parent/Child Reading Comprehension System for only 19.95. You can also purchase additional resources that compliment the READS system for multiple children. They are very reasonable priced.
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This is the perfect simple solution to enhancing your child’s reading comprehension.
I sign up my children for all of them.
Of course, the first place you need to check is your local library. I have never heard of a library that did not have a summer program. And be sure to sign up for all local libraries within a 15 mile radius. You can use the same book list for all the programs. Most programs count books that are read a loud for the younger ones. Just be sure to check with thier policies.
Top 10 FREE Summer Reading Programs
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How many summer reading programs are you signing up your children for this summer?
