Tahanan Books recently released the award-winning book titled Cely's Crocodile: The Art and Story. It is about the childhood of well-known and award-winning artist Araceli Dans during World War II. The author, Gabriela Lee, is the granddaughter of the artist, while the illustrator, Adrian Panadero, created the ingenious book Intramuros: The Walled City (Cut and Build Your … [Read more...]
Biography for Composer Study
Composer study is one of the many fun things we do in our homeschool. For one school term, we get to know a composer's music by listening closely to around 5 to 6 selected pieces. We enjoy the music, and watch out for patterns, instruments, and feelings that it might evoke. I usually just follow the composer study planned out over at Ambleside Online (AO), while Sanne makes … [Read more...]
Living Filipino Books for Philippine Literature, Culture, and History
We find it effective to use Filipino living books and story books (not text books) to make our children fall in love with our language, history, and culture. In fact, we've published several articles about it through the years: The First Step to Teaching Kids Speak FilipinoFun Filipino Books for Babies, Toddlers, and Beginning ReadersHelping Our Kids Speak Filipino … [Read more...]