Month: December 2009

  • Unit Studies Revisited

    It’s been well over a year since I posted anything about the nitty-gritty planning of my unit studies.  I’ve had several email questions lately wondering how I plan, so I thought it might be time for a new post on the subject. The emails I’ve received have all been similar in the basic four questions…

  • Christmas Train Ride

    This past weekend, our family took a Christmas train ride at the Bluegrass Railroad Museum.  An old-fashioned steam engine pulled four antique passenger cars for an hour’s drive through the countryside.  The cars were decked out with lights and streamers, the conductor punched letters into our tickets Polar Express style, and merry music played in…

  • Birthday Boy and Baby Jesus

    My little guy will be three on December 23rd.  Time flies! Because of the busyness of Christmas and my nephew’s birthday soon after Christmas, we always celebrate Eli’s birthday just a tad early.  Three year olds have FUN partying! Our church celebrates Jesus’ birth a tad early, too.  Last night was the annual Christmas pageant. …

  • Paul Gauguin Resources

    Gauguin was an interesting character!  I can’t claim that he’s my favorite artist, but we still enjoyed our time spent with him this month. Self-Portraits Below are the resources that have been in the sidebar.  We won’t be doing artist or composer study in December.  I’ll have resources in the sidebar again in January! Paul…

  • Duke Ellington Resources

    We enjoyed Duke Ellington a lot!  It was refreshing to hear a different style of music than we’ve been listening to so far this semester. Duke Ellington Composer Study Resources Making Music Fun – Biography and You Tube Performances PBS Kids Biography Books We Read CD’s We Listened To

  • Keeping Preschoolers Busy

    Eli is almost three!  We’ve had such a good time keeping him busy this semester.  Well, good time might not always describe what it was like keeping him busy!  Here are just a few pictures of the little man who can frequently be heard saying, “I wanna do pwekool!” Making “painted” cookies with Mahayla. We…