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First Band Concert

My son started playing the clarinet this year at a private Christian school in our area.  For such a small school, they have an excellent band program.  (A large number of homeschoolers participate in the band.) Here are pictures of his very first concert! Next year he’s switching to alto sax.  He already sounds pretty…

I’ve Fallen off the Charlotte Mason Wagon

Jimmie, over at Jimmie’s Collage, has a great post today about falling off the Charlotte Mason wagon.  (Charlotte Mason is a 19th Century British educator who espoused many wonderful educational techniques that a lot of homeschoolers now follow.) Her ideas are “gentle” but not necessarily easy.  Here are the specifics that Jimmie mentioned today: Narration Daily…