The Questions Continue Part 1: We love Art, Music and P.E.

Kaye and I have been publicly discussing our views of home schooling vs. schooling out of the home (as homeschoolers would call it). Kaye’s last blog has asked so many questions that I have decided to answer them in three blogs instead of just one! The first question Kaye poses has to do with physical education. If I may, I’m going to expand upon her question, and answer what a home schooling family can do to satisfy requirements (if there are any) regarding art education, music education as well as physical education. I hope that if there are any of … Continue reading

A Few of My Favorite Things: Music at Home

Two years ago, my daughter came in and pronounced that she wanted to take violin lessons. I was a little shocked: was this a deep seated passion or was she just exploring! But we didn’t want to shell out the thousands of dollars necessary for private or even group lessons. So we went to e-bay and bought a new violin for $30 and went to Ebaru Publishing Co. and bought curriculum to teach her violin. All in all, it was an investment of less than $100. Did she keep it up? No, but that’s o.k. She learned tons of music … Continue reading