Choir YouTube List and Organization of Songs

 Here's the YouTube list for the kiddos to review and become familiar with for our fall songs.  Please let them listen to them as much as you feel comfortable having them do it.  We will assign solos during the first week of class.

YouTube Fall 2021 Playlist

"Wavin' Flag" and "I Lived" are just sign language choir.  Several of the other songs will have both sign language and choral. I don't have a version of "America the Beautiful" on there yet, either. I will have the lyrics up soon.

Here is a spreadsheet of the music and how it will be divvied up so far.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gpSdea_QPDIV_NsQ9QqVIotbf7D-zB52HPdArHmATZ0/edit?usp=sharing

Please let me know if you have any questions, if you find any glitches or have any concerns.

For concert attire, I'm thinking nice jeans (or jean skirts), white t-shirts and red bandanas worn in some way.

Fall C4! Announcement

 Core N' Crust Connections in Context!

or as we lovingly refer to it...

C4!!

A LEADERSHIP CLASS OF EXPLOSIVE POSSIBILITIES!

Want a peer group for your youth?

Want minimal prep time?

Want something that will help them learn to think and apply all that they are learning...all in a fun peer environment?

Want minimal commitment?

Then this is the group for you!

C4 is for youth 12 and older who want to:

- learn in a group setting, 

-make connections through their studies

- experience hand's on activities and projects to help them apply what they are learning

- make even deeper connections...both with their peers and in their minds.

WHEN:

Tuesdays 1-4

WHERE:

The Biesinger Home (just outside of Guysville, OH)

COST:

$10/month + purchase of books for class (required)

We will have two independent semesters of 14 weeks each starting on August 31.

Registration for the Fall Semester will start July 10th and will be limited to 12 students. 

(I already have 3 kids in the class, so we have room for 9 more.)

You can register for the whole semester or month by month, opting out at any point you feel this class is not right for your child.

HOW:

Using the "lenses" of mathematics, science, geography/history and the arts, the students will be looking at different concepts through study, discussion, challenges and application projects.  Weekly micro-lessons will be sent out a week ahead for students to begin prepping for the next class, where they will come and engage in an inspiring and exciting learning environment that will help them learn how to think and apply the many "what to thinks" they are learning at home.

BOOK LIST: TBA by July 10th.

Les Mis: Requests, Question and Links

Request #1: Please remember to have your kids start memorizing their lines!  I would like them all memorized by the first rehearsal on September 2.  Also, please make sure they check to see the entire cast list, because many of them have multiple roles (like Piper last time) and all are important to the play :D. 

I am starting to organize the play by actors and scenes so that I can set up the rehearsal schedule.  For now, just have them start with their first lines that appear in the script. Everyone will rehearse at least one of their scenes during our first rehearsal.

This is a beautiful story of justice, mercy, acceptance, sacrifice.  It will be more challenging than "Louis Pasteur," but it will be powerful for those involved and those who watch it.

Links: I have this link: Les Mis files 2021 to share with y'all.  It has everything in my brain so far.  Specifically within that is this link for the Parent Volunteer List,  which I have renamed 

LES MISERABLES SUCCESS CREW!! :D

because it includes youth as well.

I have removed the "Registration Form" from that location because it contains a lot of personal information and I'm going to post this email on the blog as well.

Request #2: Please review the volunteer list to see if I have you down correctly or for ideas of ways to help.  

Question: Do you feel comfortable if I share the overall link with your children for whom I have emails so they have access to everything?

Note on William Tell: I will have the script for "William Tell" out this weekend with the casting I would like to do for it. I will open it again to the community just in case there are younger actors out there who want to do it.

Request #3: Please check your emails weekly. We decided at the parent meeting that emails were the best way to organize information.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Hugs and Blessings,

Mary :D

Looking ahead to Fall!

 Reminder!

Tomorrow is auditions for Les Mis!  Check out the "links" on the sidebar or the pages on the top of the blog for more information.

Choir and Sign Language Choir is open until the day we start. Again, see links, registration page and top pages for more info.

History and Literature classes are open until the day we start. Ditto.  All the info that you need for the class beyond what is on the pages will be sent after you sign up by emailing me or contacting me that you are attending.

C4! Class is the same way: open until the first day.  I will have a sign-up link posted this week to make it more official since I will need a waiver for that class (we are using power tools...yay!).

Please submit questions, etc below in the comment section, thanks!

Book list for C4! Fall 2021 semester

BOOKS TO BUY 

Ongoing book throughout year: "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens"

Month books:

-"Charlie's Monument" September

-"The Most Dangerous Game" October

-"Against the Pollution of I" November

A Look at Hero's Journey for the year

For those considering it still or on the waiting list, please check out our fun overview of the semester!  As you can see, I have created it using a variety of learning styles.

OVERVIEW

We are going to immerse ourselves in so many iconic classics with this updated reading list.  Most books are available at the library or I've provided an audio/video option for the students.

(quick sample)

AUG 27

Intro to Hero’s Journey: Hero's Journey Intro video

Find it in the movies!  (Group projects)

BOOKS & OUTLINE

SEPT 3, 10, 24 & OCT 1 Weeks 1-4: Mythology

Week 1: Fairy Tales: 

Week 2: Greek/Norse Mythology

Week 3: Odysseus/Ulysses and Aeneas

Week 4: “Epic of Gilgamesh”

OCT 8, 15, 22, 29 Weeks 5-8 “Beowulf” and “Inferno”

Week 5 & 6: “Beowulf”--watch video and read/listen to while listening

Week 7: “Inferno”--watch video and read 15 min/day (1 hour total)

Week 8: Compare and contrast epic poems/heroes

OCT 29, NOV 5 & 12 Weeks 9-11 “Hiawatha”

Weeks 11-13: Hiawatha

Listen to while coloring “Woodland Indians” coloring book pages (provided by Mary)

NOV 19: (evening class)

Week 14: watch “Hamlet” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq5HKX1vicM and discuss

Dress in Shakespearean garb and eat feast while watching on projected sheet

DEC 3 & 4- watch/perform  “Les Miserables” and identify the hero's journey inherent in that story

DEC 3 & 10

Week 15 & 16: “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens (watch George C Scott version or read)

JAN: King Arthur & The Hobbit

Week 17...

FEB: Pride and Prejudice

MAR: Student vote! "A Sound of Thunder" short story by Ray Bradbury, "Lord of the Flies" or  "To Kill a Mockingbird" 

APR: Student pick!  “Hunger Games,” “Harry Potter” or “The Alchemist”

History Outline...super stoked!!

 Here's a link to the overview of our semester for history!!!

The weeks where there is "someone" to "someone" or "battle" through "battle" refers to the books we will be using.  The youth will get to skim through and pick the battles, documents and speeches that stand out to them to review and find a creative way to present or teach to the rest of the class.

As you can see, there are a lot of gaps, but the reviewing and reading of the actual base documents/info shouldn't take long...then they can research, create projects and come together for group learning!

I will have a few "crust" skills (like map reading and drawing, document analysis, T-chart comparisons, geographical points, etc.) but most of it will be projects and "core" topics (why, how, impact, etc).

(And just FYI, being a tom-boy personally and loving my brothers and sons so much, I love to cater the learning to make it meaningful and engaging for both genders.)

Here are the books: