Lesson: Just Enjoy the Music - It is Well With My Soul

I’ve been mulling music … and songs from my childhood.  Much loved songs.  Some songs I remember with one voice, and others I remember from several records, church choirs and many more.  But I thought, it would be fun to feature some of those songs … into a song study for homeschools.

You can consider this a Free Curriculum if you like - or just something fun.

Compare and contrast the different groups singing the song.

Is the music all the same or did they change it?

Do you like the changes?

Did they change the speed of the song?

Did changing the speed change your emotional response to the song?  Do you feel sadder?  Happier?  Want to dance?  Go to sleep?

Are the voices high or low?  Do you like the song better sung at a higher pitch or a lower pitch?

Which version did you like the best?

Learn this song as sung by your favorite group.  Try to imitate their pitch and tone.

Do the singers move around?   Did that add to your enjoyment or the emotional feel of the song.

Write out the words to the song.  What do they mean to you?

What is the history of the song?  Who wrote it?  Why?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8_EfDqF7YI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvq3pYsHidA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lQ5ApL3UqI
https://isabellaalden.com/2017/08/22/isabellas-uncle-and-the-hymn-that-changed-america/

What other things can you learn from these songs?

If the song is Christian… Is the Song based on Scripture?   Can you find Scripture to back up the message in the song?

SONG OF THE WEEK

IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL

 Horatio Spafford

  In the comments - which were your favorites?  Do you have another favorite not listed?

I will star my favorites.

BYU - Men’s A Capella

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FexGqNDBK3g

Hillsong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv5V3bY6qlI

*Bill and Gloria Gaither

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nJ6wQpLmuo

Audrey Assad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY5o9mP22V0

*Jeremy Riddle  (with backstory)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX_50AERr8M

*Joey+Rory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TanQFBzV3I

Sam Robinson Acapella

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG525x2mUTU

The Isaacs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vaar6Ij55ig

Selah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkHeoM2Fys0

*Four Voices

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNFzkOhDg_I

Amy Grant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICTb0_tT53c

The Three Tenors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAchmvHSbFA

Mahalia Jackson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A8iaJEORfo

Grace Brumley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUnxDkd6iWg

Compass Quartet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCzNnjuUsnU

Rock Church Deaf Ministry  (why would a deaf ministry include a heavy beat?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8SbR1tluHE

(many deaf can hear on some level, not enough to communicate through spoken words, but they can feel the vibrations from the instruments and many can hear a heavy beat and strong music, giving them a sense of the song.)

Jennifer Holliday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3BQBSZ5Brg

*Paul Brandt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKcM21Cyg_Y

Jars of Clay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnLOBwRbg_M

Sandi Patty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-b3YooZQWo

*Tennessee Ernie Ford

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oStcb5J3_kg

Mix of Country Singers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vo05rjUbD4

**George Beverly Shea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIfJIZF2zcQ

*Blackwood Brothers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwR1MOLSaXM

Haven of Rest Quartet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i7kAqX4P2g

Weekly Web Finds - May 12, 2017

HOMESCHOOLING

Google allowing Kid Accounts … pretty awesome!

http://familytechzone.com/google-finally-allows-kids-accounts/

Short Film …. keeping creativity in education…

http://educateinspirechange.org/inspirational/art/society-kills-creativity-award-winning-pixar-esque-short-film/

I would not recommend all of these …

https://www.simplemost.com/100-best-books-ever-according-goodreads

MINISTRIES POSTS

MARRIAGE and PARENTING

Why it is important for parents to keep themselves recharged in ways that allow them to destress.

https://www.parent.co/the-dangerous-game-of-giving-too-much/

Keeping God First, Marriage Second

http://faithit.com/mike-pence-wife-karen-speaks-out-marriage/

Putting Kids to Bed EARLY is important to mom’s sanity

https://www.simplemost.com/new-study-says-putting-kids-to-bed-earlier-is-better-for-moms-sanity/

Matt Walsh Podcast - music starts at loading

http://www.theblaze.com/podcasts/matt-walsh-your-kids-shouldnt-be-your-first-priority/

COOKING AND HOMEMAKING POSTS

Furniture that Saves Space and Similar space saving ideas

http://boredomtherapy.com/space-saving-ideas/

Hydrogen Peroxide

http://home.remedydaily.com/2017/03/06/12-surprising-uses-of-hydrogen-peroxide-that-will-change-the-way-you-clean/

HEALTH POSTS

What does sugar do to your brain?

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2017/05/06/sugar-brain-health.aspx

Drinking tea can fight anxiety?

http://theheartysoul.com/herbal-tea-anxiety/

15 Natural Ways to help your stomach

http://articles.mercola.com/home-remedies-heartburn-acid-reflux-ulcer.aspx

Omega 3’s

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20170505/Study-reveals-critical-role-of-omega-3-fatty-acids-in-preserving-integrity-of-the-blood-brain-barrier.aspx

Rosemary and Memory

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170502204545.htm

9 Foods You Should Never Eat

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/06/10/9-unhealthy-foods.aspx

GARDENING AND BUGS AND PESTS

Getting Rid of Ants

http://usefultipsforhome.com/house-pests/exterminator-reveals-cheap-secret-never-see-ants-home/

POLITICS  (Sort of) … HISTORY

The Radium Girls … their deaths paved the way for many reforms in industry.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/authorkatemoore/the-light-that-does-not-lie

List of Taxes Repealed on the Obamacare Bill

https://www.hermancain.com/heres-a-list-of-all-the-obamacare-taxes

http://www.gopusa.com/some-facts-jimmy-kimmel-left-out-of-his-emotional-obamacare-plea/

Pictures of 1915 - Look at how far we’ve come in 100 years….

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/02/america-in-1915/462360/

Feelings can’t change the Facts

https://www.prageru.com/courses/political-science/facts-dont-care-about-your-feelings

JOBS and FURTHER EDUCATION

MONEY

Ways to use the internet to “pay the rent”  

https://www.thepennyhoarder.com/smart-money/unique-ways-to-come-up-with-rent-payment/

TECHNOLOGY

JUST AMAZING STUFF

More ideas for converting a container into usable space

http://headcramp.com/underground-bunker/

Crazy Cat Lady

http://www.relayhero.com/woman-live-with-1000-cats/

Family of 7 Adopts 6 siblings

http://www.thedelite.com/ohio-family-7-adopts-6-siblings-foster-care-keep-together/

https://weather.com/travel/news/amazing-destinations-disappearing

Of course …. climate change is not at all what they tell us it is.   With the increased leisure time that the free market and industrialization has given to us, people travel more, causing damage to historical sites because people breathe, sweat, and touch.  With innovation, people have created products at a dizzying rate, more than the entire planet can use, especially clothing and plastics …and much of that ends up in the oceans.

New Saddle for a Triple amputee Soldier Cowboy

http://www.americancowboy.com/people/jinx-mccain-horsemanship-warrior-rides-again-saddle

The Lights at Night, Are Big and Bright …Deep in the Heart of Texas

http://usaviralnews24.com/2017/05/08/new-nasa-images-show-texas-at-night-clearer-than-ever/

Why we Loved Anne

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/05/anne-of-green-gables-megan-follows-1980s-feminist-shaped-generation

Add to Amazon Wish List … for Chome

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/add-to-amazon-wish-list/ciagpekplgpbepdgggflgmahnjgiaced

Lesson: Just Enjoy the Music - Amazing Grace

For a while here … I’ve been mulling music … and songs from my childhood.  Much loved songs.  Some songs I remember with one voice, and others I remember from several records, church choirs and many more.  But I thought, it would be fun to feature some of those songs … into a song study for homeschools.

You can consider this a Free Curriculum if you like - or just something fun.

Compare and contrast the different groups singing the song.

Is the music all the same or did they change it?

Do you like the changes?

Did they change the speed of the song?

Did changing the speed change your emotional response to the song?  Do you feel sadder?  Happier?  Want to dance?  Go to sleep?

Are the voices high or low?  Do you like the song better sung at a higher pitch or a lower pitch?

Which version did you like the best?

Memorize this song as sung by your favorite group.  Try to imitate their pitch and tone.

Do the singers move around?   Did that add to your enjoyment or the emotional feel of the song.

Write out the words to the song.  What do they mean to you?

What is the history of the song?  Who wrote it?  Why?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDjGS45llIM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Cv5P9H9qU

What other things can you learn from these songs?

SONG OF THE WEEK

AMAZING GRACE

Of all of the songs that I’ve ever sung or heard, this has to be one of my favorites, probably in the top 5.  It is in some of my earliest memories and was featured in over a dozen of the records that my mom set up for us to listen to every night while drifting off to sleep.

I’ve marked a star beside my favorite versions.

Some are not marked because it was the first time I had heard it.  It may become a favorite later.

  In the comments - which were your favorites?  Do you have another favorite not listed?

*Celtic Thunder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qni5bIN5qmU

Chris Tomlin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbe7OruLk8I

Celtic Women

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsCp5LG_zNE

BYU Women’s Group

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Mtpk4jeVA

Alan Jackson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogxLNlgKM8c

*Rhema Marvanne (her story had me in tears)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDDlxmsciqY

Peter Hollens  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n145-J8ejg

Aretha Franklin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM02ZP13fPk

*Ray Charles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6HSkP9oGRA

*Dolly Parton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4-MyGsLl9A

**Johnny Cash (this was the first voice that I ever fell in love with)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khhTpugsmHc

*Willie Nelson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkb2nuEYyng

Soweto Gospel Choir  (first time I’ve heard them)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoJz2SANTyo

*Wintley Phipps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNuQbJst4Lk

*Elvis Presley (another voice I fell in love with as a child)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3XdXEJEI4E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEgG63MCa0I

Andrea Bocelli

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYqwYpko6po

Michael W. Smith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLZhQHuQQFE

Guy Penrod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8UdgnQLC58

*Loretta Lynn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIm6_oLPZyM

*Anne Murray

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-HT4kKSekM

Acappella

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhcWX9VQW-M

* The Statler Brothers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWC9hrfc6Jo

* The Oak Ridge Boys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNDNTo7SNFQ

Straight No Chaser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx8cgqxBxz0

***George Beverly Shea (loved his base voice from my earliest memories)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSNlbAazuXY

Weekly Web Finds May 5, 2017

HOMESCHOOLING

New Kevin Leman School expanding to online

http://tucson.com/news/local/education/leman-academy-continues-southern-arizona-expansion-with-new-online-school/article_0a4c386e-4c9f-5c73-bfe3-73b1cffde80e.html

Periodic Table - showing products that are produced with that element

http://www.sciencealert.com/this-awesome-periodic-table-tells-you-how-to-actually-use-all-those-elements

Free College Prep classes

https://www.kilgore.edu/article/kc-will-offer-free-college-prep-classes-for-non-traditional-students

MINISTRIES POSTS

Writing letters to sponsored kids

http://sowers4pastors.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-almost-lost-art-of-letter-writing.html

MARRIAGE and PARENTING

4 Things Men do that hurt their marriage ….. and vice versa http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/4-things-that-are-hurting-your-wife-and-killing-your-marriage/

5 Things People do that hurt their marriage ….

https://familyshare.com/20289/5-ways-you-are-unknowingly-destroying-your-husband-and-killing-your-marriage

https://familyshare.com/20299/5-ways-you-are-unknowingly-destroying-your-wife-and-killing-your-marriage

Too often in today’s world of being sensitive to others feelings (which is not a bad thing) but it can lead to kids that are self centered snowflakes.

http://foreverymom.com/family-parenting/parents-you-cant-raise-hyper-sensitive-snowflakes-in-jesus-name-david-prince/

20 things that Teens should know about Being an Adult

https://www.parent.co/20-things-i-want-my-children-to-know-as-they-enter-adulthood/

There is a new Anne of Green Gables series for TV … but it’s not child friendly according to reports.  http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/01/breaking-anne/

Thoughts about interacting with your kids

http://sfglobe.com/2016/02/01/mom-urges-parents-to-put-down-cell-phones-in-a-heartwarming-facebook-post/

COOKING AND HOMEMAKING POSTS

Print outs … 72 ways to use household items to clean and medicate to save you money

http://www.healthy-holistic-living.com/72-uses-simple-household-products-save-money-avoid-toxins.html

Ways to use Epsom Salt

http://home.remedydaily.com/2016/04/28/20-ways-to-use-epsom-salt-around-the-house/

How to spot “fake rice” that has been made from a plastic blend

http://awm.com/heres-how-to-identify-fake-rice-sold-in-the-us-coming-china-that-is-made-from-plastic-2

How to vacuum seal products using a sink full of water

http://boredomtherapy.com/seal-frozen-foods/

Making food last longer

http://kitchentip.cooktopcove.com/2017/04/24/stop-tossing-out-food-here-are-11-brilliant-ways-to-make-groceries-last-longer-/

How healthy was the chicken?

http://remedydaily.com/2016/02/23/what-egg-yolk-color-can-reveal-about-the-chicken-it-came-from/

Tumeric and your health

http://theheartysoul.com/turmeric-sauerkraut-health-boost/

Unusual symptoms of dehydration

http://www.everydayhealth.com/news/unusual-signs-of-dehydration/

Using Onions

http://cookingtips.cooktopcove.com/2017/04/27/most-people-cook-onions-wrong-heres-the-right-way-to-use-each-one/

HEALTH POSTS

Stop eating tilapia

http://boredomtherapy.com/tilapia-health-effects/

How to save a choking baby

http://shareably.net/easy-way-to-save-a-choking-baby-v1/

Ways to slow or prevent dementia

http://theheartysoul.com/9-ways-to-prevent-dementia

Vannan deals with this

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/teenager-sensory-processing-disorder

Free Booklet - using oils to help blood sugar

https://drmowll.leadpages.co/oilsbooktyp/

GARDENING AND BUGS AND PESTS

Strong smells as a mouse deterrent

http://how-to-get-rid-of-mice.com/mouse-repellent-smells/

POLITICS  (Sort of)

Changing the School Lunch rules …. again

http://conservativetribune.com/michelle-obamas-gross-school/

Autistic Teen pulled from contest after winning it

http://www.kgw.com/features/portland-teen-with-autism-disqualified-from-international-contest/435137534

CAR - rich in resources, but torn by the Muslim troops covering the country in War … this is the country our church organization runs an orphanage, and we sew and send little dresses to them every year.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/05/CAR-fragile-state-fighting-muslim-christian-gold/

JOBS and FURTHER EDUCATION

MONEY

Interesting article about a tool that helps you improve your credit.

https://www.thepennyhoarder.com/smart-money/how-to-improve-credit-score

This one you can only read the full article if you have a Wall Street Journal subscription, but the topic is interesting   ….   loans are super easy to get for further education, but the rate of failure to pay back is staggering …

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-s-makes-it-easy-for-parents-to-get-college-loansrepaying-them-is-another-story-1493047388

Ways to save

https://www.thepennyhoarder.com/jobs-making-money/how-to-save-money-when-youre-living-paycheck-to-paycheck

TECHNOLOGY

Why you should cover your webcam whenever you are not using it.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/disable-cover-webcam-right-now/

JUST AMAZING STUFF

They claim that if they are successful at transplanting a brain, it will prove that there is no such thing as life after death or religion ……

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/04/27/cryogenically-frozen-brains-will-woken-transplanted-donor-bodies/

The Miracle Tree  …  too bad it is tropical.

https://answersingenesis.org/biology/plants/the-miracle-tree

A whole new level of container living

http://shareably.net/red-container-storage-home/

http://awesomestuff365.com/modular-shipping-container-homes/