Thursday Homeschool Resource Day - Link Up -- Historical songs
Have I mentioned I have to drive a lot this week? Yeah, thought so. Between the driving and the rehearsing, there hasn't been much time for anything else. Since the commute to the theater is about 25 minutes one way, I decided to take advantage of my captive audience. We have been listening to Colonial and Revolution Songs with Historical Narration 
in the car while we drive. It is a really unique telling of early American history. A narrator will give a brief description of what is happening historically, then connect how the musical selection ties into it, followed by the entire song which was discussed. Now, be forewarned, folk songs are history at its most unedited and some of the folk songs do make me raise my eyebrows a bit. (Nothing explicit, but life was hard and brutal and the songs reflect that.) It is interesting to hear some songs that I vaguely recognize and to hear the story behind them.
It is the perfect car ride CD. My children find it interesting to listen to, but the content is not such that they would be likely to just pick it up to listen to at home. It is a perfect accompaniment (pun intended) to our American history studies.
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We interrupt this post for a brief commercial.
A friend of ours, who is a singer/songwriter has produced a great CD of adoption songs for children. Not only is it a great CD, but during the months of November and December, he is donating the proceeds from his album to World Vision to help needy children around the world. Know some children in your life who would enjoy this CD? Great! Buy it and please your child and help another all at the same time. Learn more about it here.
We now return you to our regularly scheduled post.
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Now it's your turn. What are your great learning resources to share this week? (Just so you know, Homeschool Resource Day will take a vacation next week for Thanksgiving.)
Here are the rules:
1. Post about a resource (book, movie, CD, website, etc.) that you have found useful in teaching your children. You can also post directions for a learning activity that you have done with your children. The content of your blog must be family-friendly.
2. Link your post (use the permalink, not your blog's homepage) below.
3. Link back to this blog somewhere in your post so others can see everyone's great resources. You can use this button if you like.
Copy and paste the following code into your website or blog.
in the car while we drive. It is a really unique telling of early American history. A narrator will give a brief description of what is happening historically, then connect how the musical selection ties into it, followed by the entire song which was discussed. Now, be forewarned, folk songs are history at its most unedited and some of the folk songs do make me raise my eyebrows a bit. (Nothing explicit, but life was hard and brutal and the songs reflect that.) It is interesting to hear some songs that I vaguely recognize and to hear the story behind them.It is the perfect car ride CD. My children find it interesting to listen to, but the content is not such that they would be likely to just pick it up to listen to at home. It is a perfect accompaniment (pun intended) to our American history studies.
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We interrupt this post for a brief commercial.
A friend of ours, who is a singer/songwriter has produced a great CD of adoption songs for children. Not only is it a great CD, but during the months of November and December, he is donating the proceeds from his album to World Vision to help needy children around the world. Know some children in your life who would enjoy this CD? Great! Buy it and please your child and help another all at the same time. Learn more about it here.
We now return you to our regularly scheduled post.
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Now it's your turn. What are your great learning resources to share this week? (Just so you know, Homeschool Resource Day will take a vacation next week for Thanksgiving.)
Here are the rules:
1. Post about a resource (book, movie, CD, website, etc.) that you have found useful in teaching your children. You can also post directions for a learning activity that you have done with your children. The content of your blog must be family-friendly.
2. Link your post (use the permalink, not your blog's homepage) below.
3. Link back to this blog somewhere in your post so others can see everyone's great resources. You can use this button if you like.
Copy and paste the following code into your website or blog.
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