Home School Presentation Night

A little over a week ago, we attended Home School Presentation Night, and had one of the funnest times we've ever had. 

Three families plus a few others were there, and we brought the daughter of Crystal's employer with us as we had been babysitting her for the afternoon. 

Here two sisters are playing a piano duet.

A grandmother was so pleased when she was asked if she would like to play her mouth organ for us all. 

Oxygen and all, she played a hymn for us.

Our three youngest children quoted and dramatized Psalm 139-1-14. Here Hannah is looking through a magnifying glass after, "O Lord, You have searched me and known me."

When Timmy quoted, "If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me," we turned off the lights! "Even the night shall be light about me." Then Danny turned on his headlamp. Just a few little things like that to make it interesting. The kids did great!

Two other cute little sisters playing a piano duet.

The younger one just played with her knuckles--so interesting.

This family does such a fantastic job of acting out stories. This one was about a woodcutter who got three chances for wishes

from a bunny (whom you can see down in between the piano and sofa.

Carrie and Rose played a nice rendition of "The Old Rugged Cross" with violin and mandolin.

Timmy juggled three balls while the audience came up with first verbs, then prepositions, then adjective, changing each time he dropped a ball. They also called out rivers of the world and state capitols! I was in charge of that part, and this picture is just plain awful of me, but I guess I must look that bad sometimes, so I may as well grin and bear it!

This sweet young lady played "Be Still My Soul" on her harp.

This play took the prize!

It was the story of the fisherman who got a big fish who provided one wish after another for the fisherman's wife.

I LOVED the fish's costume--the fishy mask and the rainbow-colored feathers plastered all over the front for fins.

Here you see the white-bearded fisherman, (with cottonballs hanging from his ears) and his snooty wife prancing around her castle in her white gown with her nose very much in the air!!!!

This family is superb with how creative they are, and the children do such a good job.

Here the two sisters from a third family are showing string tricks. (And Crystal's little friend is leaning on her shoulder! She had a good time there, after first crawling under chairs to hide, but then she participated in the bells later.  I am talking about the little girl, not about Crystal! Just imagine Crystal crawling under chairs to hide! )

More string tricks.

The little boys are singing "God is So Good."

These boys are playing guitar, "On the Wings of a Dove."

Carrie played a very fun rendition of "Tribute to Pikes Peak."

The children twelve and under were very excited to get to play bells! I had ordered a new set of these inexpensive Rhythm band bells to use with the homeschool children and possibly for Kids Club down the road, or even on Mission Helps trips.

What I do in these cases, is arrange the children according to chords of music. There are a few children with bells C,E, and G, for the C chord. Then there are children with F, A, and C, and others with G, E, D, and B for a G7 chord.

I place these three groups of children in order, and point to the right chord as we sing. In this way, children can instantly be playing music, rather than trying to learn when to hit melody notes. It is very pretty to just play the chords, and we could play two songs right away with little or no practice. We did "Silent Night," since that was the one we practiced several weeks earlier, and "ABC" the alphabet song for learning the alphabet, both in the key of C.

The children decided they wanted to do presentations more often because it was so fun!

Afterward, there were yummy snacks to share.

We are very thankful for our wonderful friends in this home school group.