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Scenes from 2023-24 classes

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Kay Pelham

Below are pictures from my two Story, Rhyme, & Song classes, as well as my Growing in the Literary Tradition classes. Last year the GLT class got “the fairy tale class”, which is a primer for reading metaphorically, and in … Continue reading →

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Love Day and Ash Wednesday

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Kay Pelham

Ash Wednesday coming on the 14th of February this year has brought to my mind the connection between the Gospel — humanity’s fall and separation from her Father and her Groom, and then the rescue and reconciliation by that Groom … Continue reading →

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What you and your children are missing out on by not reading pagan myths

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Kay Pelham

There are disagreements in the Christian education and parenting world, especially in the homeschool world of which I’ve been a part for two decades, about the exposure to stories of pagan gods and demi-gods and heroes of the various non-Christian … Continue reading →

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Recent changes to my blog (subtitle: please click on Welcome)

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Kay Pelham

In the past month I have been redesigning and restructuring my blog to facilitate my new ventures since my retirement as a homeschool mom. It’s still a work in progress, particularly with my course descriptions. In case you came here … Continue reading →

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The Next Chapter of My Life and How You Can Help

Posted on May 20, 2022 by Kay Pelham

After four decades of teaching piano and two decades as mom and home education facilitator, an exceptional opportunity has come my way! I have been offered a place in the House of Humane Letters Fellowship Program. In short, this new … Continue reading →

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Retirement and Goals for my new life

Posted on May 2, 2021 by Kay Pelham

May 14 is my last day as a homeschool teacher. I have been directing my son’s education from birth. We began his official school education when I registered him with an “umbrella school” in Tennessee as K4 in 2007. I … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Awesome Sister

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Kay Pelham

Some time after I had started piano lessons at age 7, my mother asked my sister Karen, five years my senior, if she wanted to take lessons. Karen responded, “Why would a lawyer need to know how to play piano?” … Continue reading →

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What an Oldest Sister Can Do

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Kay Pelham

Today my oldest of two sisters is 7 decades old. She has ten years on me, and since she married and moved to the other side of the country when she was 19, my childhood memories of her are very … Continue reading →

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Done

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Kay Pelham

When I lived in NYC, my friends and I liked to go to a Cuban/Chinese restaurant called La Caridad. It was cheap but very good food, and it had fast service. A long line out the door didn’t deter us; … Continue reading →

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Why I want to teach Story, Rhyme, & Song

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Kay Pelham

Our world is becoming more and more chaotic. Without getting into too much political theory, let me say that I believe that there are some who are glad to see this and are working for this culture of disorder. The … Continue reading →

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