Flute Love

I love the flute, and here’s why:

This is Carlos a few months ago playing the recorder in his Suzuki School recital.  He’s learning flute but used the recorder for his first presentation.

Here’s a picture I took last Friday during his class.

I’m learning as well, and loving it

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Recommend: Mama Lisa’s World Children Music Site

This is a site I discovered a couple of years ago, and still visit on a regular basis.

Mama Lisa’s World is a site that compiles hundreds of children’s lyrics and rhymes from around the world. Many times you can also find scores, translations, music, and videos. Isn’t it fun?

It’s a Great Foreign Language and Cultural Learning Resource!

I have a passion for foreign languages and my son loves to sing, so we usually enjoy whatever new items we find at Mama Lisa’s site. The site is available in English, French and Spanish, but the lyrics and rhymes come from around the world, in many, many languages.

As a side note, our Pelangi Pelangi video has been recently featured in the song’s page. Note that we don’t speak *any* Indonesian .

Check it here: Pelangi, Pelangi, by Carlos and I

photo credit: Trenton Schulz

1-2-3, Ready For Homeschooling

Now that is back-to-school time in the North Hemisphere, unschoolers and homeschoolers might also be preparing projects and activities. Even if you adopt a more eclectic style of homeschooling, being organized in your routine and materials will prevent stress and aggravation in your day.

An important part of getting organized is making sure you are in compliance with your country and state’s homeschooling laws. Whether the place you live in is more restrictive or flexible will have a bearing on what kinds of records you keep.

If you’re required more stringent requirements, a homeschool planner may be essential so you can easily create monthly or yearly progress reports.

These are also helpful if you’re keeping transcripts. Of course, if you enroll your child in a virtual school or certain “in a box” curriculums, you can opt to have records kept for you. It may be an option to consider, especially if you have a hard time with paperwork. Read more

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