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I encourage my children to always be memorizing scripture. After several years of memorizing individual verses, we decided we to tackle a whole book of the Bible. After some research, we decided on the book of 1 John, NIV translation. We have been working on it for about a year and several of the kids have completed memorizing the first two chapters! We will keep going until they memorize the whole thing. I created flipbooks for them as a memorization tool. The pdf document

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As a homeschool mom of 6 children, I am often asked how we do it. Here is a quick overview of our daily flow. As a mom of many, I need most of my children’s school work to be pretty independent. I print Homeschool Daily Checklist charts for them to complete each day. Homeschool Daily Checklist Chart in Action My rule is they have to complete the checklist to be eligible for any screen time or listening to their audio books at bedtime. This is pretty strong motivation for my k

3 Minute Theory: How to Build a Whole Tone Scale Today, on 3 Minute Theory , we are building the whole tone scale . This scale is easily recognized by its dream-like tonality. It is also very easy to build! The whole tone scale follows this pattern: Whole Step - Whole Step - Whole Step - Whole Step - Whole Step - Whole Step (If you’d like more information on intervals , whole steps , and half steps, check out this post.) As this pattern is so simple, there are essentially

Today we are talking about Music Intervals , particularly half steps and whole steps . Intervals are the distance between two notes. The smallest interval in music is called a half step . Half steps are easy to visualize on a stringed instrument with a fret board, like the guitar, since every fret is one half step apart. Two examples of half step intervals are marked with a yellow V in this fretboard image. On keyboard instruments, like the piano, any two keys that are

Today we are talking about how to build a major scale. All scales use a series of whole steps and half steps to build certain patterns. The pattern for a major scale is Whole Step - Whole Step - Half Step - Whole Step -Whole Step - Whole Step - Half Step To build a C major scale, start on C and follow this pattern going up. Here is a C major Scale on the piano keyboard: Formula for C Major Scale on Piano You can follow this same pattern to build any major scale on the piano,

As we are starting back to school, what are your goals this year? Enjoy this simple and fun 2025 Goals pdf for free in the Music Maker Mama store! Use it as a homeschool or classroom activity, or even just for yourself. https://www.musicmakermama.com/product-page/2025-goals-worksheet

In this short lesson for beginning piano, we are talking about the Music Alphabet and how to use it to find keys (letters or notes) on a piano keyboard.