Happy Birthday George Frideric Handel
Handel is one of my favorite Baroque composers! Most of you are probably familiar with his Messiah, which I absolutely love. He has a ton of other inspirational, beautiful worth getting familiar with and sharing with your kiddos.
Help yourself to our FREE Handel Composer Study sample here.
Enjoy this beautiful Handel music featuring world-renowned violinist, Itzhak Perlman.
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Happy Birthday George Washington!
Happy Birthday to the first President of the United States!
George Washington was an impressive man that lived a life of service to the early nation of America. I loved learning more about him when I put together our presidents resource about him!
- You can check out our free George Washington sample here, and
- get a sample of our Quotes from U.S. Presidents here, which features this lovely one about his mother that is shown below. [Tweet “Be encouraged moms: your faithful love & nurture of your children can change history!”]
- You can help yourself to FREE printables of each of these great quotes as well. Just click on the image to download the PDFs!
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Poetry Sunday: Hold Fast Your Dreams
Hold Fast Your Dreams
by Louise Driscoll
Hold fast your dreams!
Within your heart
Keep one still, secret spot
Where dreams may go,
And sheltered so,
May thrive and grow–
Where doubt and fear are not.
Oh, keep a place apart
Within your heart,
For little dreams to go.
Happy Birthday Nicolaus Copernicus!
Nicolaus Copernicus was a mathematician and astronomer who proposed the theory that the sun was stationary in the center of the universe and the earth revolved around it. He lived from 1473-1543.
At the time, his theory about the sun was controversial; nevertheless, it was the start of a change in the way that the world was viewed. Since his death, Copernicus has come to be seen as the initiator of the scientific revolution.
Copernicus is one of the many brilliant men and women included in our Great Scientists collection! You can learn more about that collection here.
This video does a good job of explaining the universe according to Copernicus. It is interesting to note that his beliefs were considered to be anti-Biblical at the time.
Like this quote? I made a free printable for you!
Want to print this? Click on the image for a printable PDF.
Get $10 to spend when you join Educents!
Educents is one of the most popular deal sites for homeschoolers, and right now they are having a great deal! New customers can get $10 to spend at Educents, with no minimum! Click here to take advantage of this deal!
Psst….just the other day I set up an Enrichment Studies storefront at Educents! You can use your Edubucks to take $10 off of any of those items too.
Come to my party!
We are going to have an awesome Facebook party next week, and I want YOU to come!
What is a Facebook Party?
Basically, a bunch of cool, smart people (like you!) come on over to our Facebook page at party time, and have some fun. We’ll introduce ourselves, talk about homeschooling, have some fun, and….oh yeah….I will be giving away a ton of stuff!!!
Why?
- Because we have finally made the jump from being Classical Composers Monthly to the new & improved Enrichment Studies!
- Because our new site is up and running!
- Because I want to have a party and celebrate, and thank all of you for being the best people to work with!
Who can come to the party?
- All existing customers! I’d love to take this opportunity to host you at my party to thank you for your support and enthusiasm for what we do.
- All of your friends! This is going to be a great opportunity for your homeschooling friends to get a taste of what we have to offer, and maybe win some prizes, too. (In fact, there might just be a prize for the person that brings the most friends to the party!)
- All newbies that just found out about us and want to check it out. If you homeschool, you need to come to this party!
- Basically, if you homeschool your kids or are thinking about homeschooling, if you teach kids of any age, if you’re a grandparent that loves to encourage enriching opportunities for your grandchildren, then you should come to the party!
Sign up here to stay in the loop and get more info and reminders so you don’t miss a thing.
Wanted: Twitter-ers that tweet like normal humans
Do you tweet? I want to know about it!
I’ve taken a few stabs at Twitter over the years, and I’m always kind of horrified at how…..commercial the whole thing seems. Everybody is just kind of hollerin’ away about their stuff all helter-skelter. Who reads that mess?
I guess quite a few people do, or so I’m told.
Well, I’d like to fine my twitter tribe: YOU. I can see that it would be fun to tell each other funny or interesting stuff throughout the day. It might even be fun to know what you had for breakfast. (maybe not. depends.) I’d care if I knew that your kids were down with the flu. You might like some of the stuff I’d share, too.
So, hey–if you’re over there, follow me and I’ll follow you* and let’s see if we can make all this tweeting as awesome as it supposedly is. OK?
*Who will I follow? My Enrichment Lifestyle peeps. So if I see that you are a homeschool mom or somebody else that makes sense, yup–I’ll follow you until I can’t follow anybody else. If you’re some spambot-thingamajig that showed up here by happenstance and you tweet about viagra or diet pills or timeshares, I won’t follow you, and you don’t need to follow me. Fair enough?
Wondrous Wednesday: 8 Minutes of Pure Beauty and Wonder
Watching this amazing, beautiful video had me tearing up and saying, “Wow!” all the way through. I couldn’t help but think of all of our children that think differently than I do: Thank God for His creativity in making people who can imagine and create such works of beauty!! Take an 8 minute break from school to gather up your children and show them this amazing, astounding work of creative genius and art. You won’t regret it.
Presidents Day Sale is Happening Now!
Studying U.S. Presidents this year or next? You’ll want to check out this sale. Read all the details here. Easy peasy!
Ever Seen a Crowd-Surfing Cellist Before?
What happens when you combine two cellos, the William Tell Overture, a sense of humor, and rock-n-roll? This!
And hey–have you ever gotten to se an electric cello before? (or a crowd-surfing cellist?!) So cool!
**If you don’t rock-n-roll at your house, this one might not be for you. Preview or skip if you’re unsure.
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