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• May. 13, 2008 - Keeping My Poor Voice Strong

I love read aloud time. I love to sing. I love to teach. All three can terribly weaken and injure my voice. My Sunday School teacher has had two severe bouts of laryngitis lasting for months to years at a time for straining his voice. After much medical intervention, voice lessons were the only thing that helped him regain his voice so that he could talk again. However, he can no longer sing. I feel as though I could be in the same boat if I'm not careful. Always, at the beginning of each school year, I have about a week of near laryngitis. Reading aloud to my dc leaves my voice weak. I am hopeless trying to hit my notes when we sing at the Senoir Citizen's Home. In order to protect my voice, I do vocal warm ups on nearly a daily basis. Vocal Coach Warm Up is a wonderful product to strengthen and protect the voice of anyone who does a lot of speaking or singing. Every afternoon, I send my dc out for recess while I do the warm ups for about 15 minutes. Then my dc come in for read aloud time. Before singing at the nursing home, I try to do the warm up. Chris and Carole Beatty, who have produced Vocal Coach products, have also coached many professionals like Steve Green! Disclaimer: I don't sing as well as him or any other professional. But my family does enjoy singing and I am having trouble keeping up! I also have a book by the Beatty's with other tips to help out, including what to drink, posture, etc. My voice has been strengthened by these products.

• May. 16, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by MayTheyBeMightyMen

You do fantastic reviews. Has anyone told you that yet? *lol*

I've struggled with allergies, mainly. That's the thing that cashes my voice the fastest. I'm praying, actually, right now that God would restore my voice in time for services this weekend. (Wanna join me in that prayer?)

I'll have to check out these resources. ;')

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• May. 17, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by icecastle

Thanks for the recommendation! We could definitely use something like that around here.

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2009-2010 Curriculum for dd-16

• Geometry, Chapter 8
• Latin III, chapter 7
• Chemistry, Module 5
• Tapestry of Grace, Year 4 Dialectic History, Geography, Worldview
• Tapestry of Grace, Year 4 Rhetoric Literature
• Tapestry of Grace, Year 4 Rhetoric Government
• Tapestry of Grace, Year 4 Rhetoric Philosophy
• Tapestry of Grace, Year 4 Rhetoric Fine Arts
• Institute for Excellence in Writing
• Piano

Rhetoric Literature

• The Great Gatsby

Rhetoric Government

• US vs. Butler

Rhetoric Philosophy

• Humanist Manifesto

Writing Assignment

• The New Deal

Art

• Depression Scrap Quilt: Sunbonnet Sue

2009-2010 Curriculum for ds-14

• Pre-Algebra, Chapter 8
• National Spelling Bee Study
• Latin I, chapter 10
• Physical Science, Module 6
• Tapestry of Grace, Year 4 Dialectic History, Geography, Worldview, Church History
• Tapestry of Grace, Year 4 Dialectic Literature
• Tapestry of Grace, Year 4 Dialectic Fine Arts
• Institute for Excellence in Writing
• Piano
• Fife

Spelling

• Words of Greek Origin

Dialectic Literature

• Let the Circle be Unbroken

History Theme of the Week

• FDR, New Deal, Dust Bowl

Writing Assignment

• The New Deal

Dialectic Church History

• Gladys Aylward

Dialectic Music History

• Sergei Rachmaninoff

Art and Activities

• Track Stock Market

Current Read Aloud

By England's Aid: Or, The Freeing of the Netherlands AD 1588

2009-2010 Books Read 16yod

• Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt
• Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
• The Panama Canal
• Selections from The American Regionalism Reader
• With Daring Faith
• The First World War
• Women's Right to Vote
• The Cherry Orchard
• Billy Sunday: Homerun to Heaven
• Eric Liddell

2009-2010 Books Read 14yos

• The Call of the Wild
• Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt
• Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
• The Panama Canal
• White Fang
• O'Henry Short Stories
• With Daring Faith
• The First World War
• Women's Right to Vote
• Billy Sunday: Homerun to Heaven
• Shoeless Joe Jackson
• Homesick: My Own Story
• Eric Liddell
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Movies of the Era

• Charley and the Angel

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Tapestry of Grace: Map of the Humanities

Map of the Humanities

Ever wish your kids could see the "big picture" of what they're studying?

The "Map of the Humanities" puts it all on one page: history, literature, government, fine arts and philosophy from Creation to right now!

Tapestry of Grace Year 1: Creation to the

Fall of Rome

Tapestry of Grace Year 2: Middle Ages,

Renaissance, Reformation, Exploration,

Colonial America, American Revolution,

The Constitution

Tapestry of Grace Year 3: 19th Century

Tapestry of Grace Year 4: 20th and 21st Centuries

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