Many families now have more T.V. sets than people. Add to that the array of smart phones, computers and electronic game devices owned by most families and you get a recipe for family disconnection. One of the best advantages of homeschooling is family time together, but if we squander too much of that time in our separate electronic worlds, we lose a precious treasure forever. Time lost can never be regained and children are soon grown and gone.
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pi is an important number in mathematics. It is also a difficult concept for students when it is first introduced. pi = 3.14… approximately, but that is not quite right. pi = 3.14159… approximately, but that is not quite right either. pi = 22/7 but that is an approximation too. pi has been computed out to millions of digits, but the result is still an approximation.
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Brenda Ellis, owner and instructor of Artistic Pursuits, has been teaching art in classrooms and to homeschoolers for over 25 years. She and her late husband, co-founder, Daniel, wanted to bring the uplifting world of art to anyone who was willing to learn.
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The pipe organ is often referred to as the “King of Instruments”. Anyone who has ever sat in a large cathedral and experienced the wall-moving power of the large pipes, instantly knows why. If one wished to follow the convention of nick-naming of instruments along the same lines, the piano might be called the “Horse of Instruments”.
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The idea of short lessons is often approached with skepticism by parents. I understand this completely, as I was a doubter myself. I have often asked parents this question, “Do you have anything to lose by trying it? If you were to try short lessons and find they did not work for you, couldn’t you just go back to long lessons?” I cannot even count the number of parents who tried this and now rave about short lessons.
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