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    Fine Arts Friday: It’s been a while.

    Fine Arts Friday: It’s been a while.

    But we’ve still been doing fine arts and not just on Friday! Seriously, the þing is probably the best thing we’ve done all year. Nay, all my homeschooling experience. It’s been awesome. Even if everything else goes off the rails, I know that we’ve had at least an hour of truth, beauty, and goodness. Three cheers […]

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    Fine Arts Friday: Sing with me!

    Fine Arts Friday: Sing with me!

    If a blogger doesn’t blog, is she still alive? Yes, I’m still here, still homeschooling, and still doing fine arts although we’ve actually scattered our fine arts throughout the week instead of relegating them to Fridays. Actually, I’ve been mulling. And I’ve been busy. And I’ve been tired. But mostly, I’ve been mulling. I’ve been primarily […]

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    Fine Arts Friday: The þing

    Fine Arts Friday: The þing

    *þing is pronounced “thing. Yes, I could just write “thing,” but where’s the fun in that? This year, we’ve moved away from the “Fine Arts Friday” model to a “Morning Time” model. I’ll post some resources to find out more about the concept at the end of the post, but basically we spend about an hour […]

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    Fine Arts Friday: New Songs, Move Down

    Fine Arts Friday: New Songs, Move Down

      Or I guess to be more true to the filched quote, “Clean songs, clean songs, move down, move down!” Hmmm. Maybe we’ll read Jabberwocky today. Because it is brillig. Or it could be. Honestly, I don’t even know what brillig is, but there are definitely no slithy toves around here. This month’s folk song is an […]

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    Fine Arts Friday: Back in the saddle

    Fine Arts Friday: Back in the saddle

    We’re just finishing our first week of the new school year. It’s also our first field trip of the year and our anniversary. It’s been an exhausting week, but far less exhausting than last year. On more days than not, we’ve managed to have our morning time, which is where we do our fine arts […]

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    Fine Arts Friday: A New Favorite

    Fine Arts Friday: A New Favorite

    This month’s folk song on the Ambleside Online rotation is “The Skye Boat Song.” It is a huge hit in our family, especially with my youngest, who asks me to sing it every night. This song has apparently gained new popularity because it’s the theme of a British historical/sci-fi show called Outlander. It’s historical because […]

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    Fine Arts Friday: My own thing

    Fine Arts Friday: My own thing

    This month, I like neither the hymn nor the folk song suggested by Ambleside Online. They hymn, which is actually quite lovely, isn’t really singable for our untrained voices. And frankly, that’s the number one quality (after truth, beauty, and goodness) when it comes to picking a song. If we don’t end up adding it […]

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    Fine Arts Friday: Sing in the spring!

    Fine Arts Friday: Sing in the spring!

    A month ago, we were cold and miserable and wondering if spring would ever arrive. But spring is finally here, and we shall sing! (Okay, we sang in March, too, huddled under our blankets.) I didn’t like the folk song on the Ambleside rotation, so I picked “Mairzy Doats,” a song that my mom and […]

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    Fine Arts Friday: Uncomfortable conversations edition

    Fine Arts Friday: Uncomfortable conversations edition

    Today is the 179th anniversary of the Fall of the Alamo, which we remember as we are commanded. This month, Ambleside has “The Yellow Rose of Texas” as the folksong. Just so you know, the back story on this song is … interesting and possibly inaccurate. And of course, you get to have fun conversations […]

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    Fine Arts Friday: A Bombadilian Song

    Fine Arts Friday: A Bombadilian Song

      February’s folk song is the fun and lively “The Keeper Did A-Hunting Go.”  Ambleside Online* suggests several options, but this is by far my favorite. Try not to sing along, I dare you. It reminds me very strongly of Tom Bombadil’s song, Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! Ring a dong! hop […]

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