Our Family Learning Blog
Okay. I stumbled upon this video, and it’s absolutely amazing! By the youtube channel named Vi Hart, this video is kind of a skit narrated by a kid in math class. The kid is doodling, and creates some amazing drawings! If you watch the whole video….. you will be enlightened. WITH MATH ART DRAGON ENLIGHTMENT INSPIRAION SKILLZ like skills in fencing from metalfencepanels.weebly.com.
Yesterday Shelly and I were blessed to watch and attend Sarah’s spring voice recital at Poteet Theater in Oklahoma City, and our entire family attended the third performance of her dance recital in the evening. Wow! It’s amazing to see how much she’s continued to grow and mature. Sarah is absolutely receiving top notch preparation at Poteet for musical theater. She has taken SIX classes this semester in jazz, tap, point, ballet, MTP (musical theater production) and voice. She’s taken all these classes on top of a full load of classes at Classen School of Advanced Studies, where she’s a drama major but continues to take IB (International Baccalaureate) versions of her core classes like English, History, Chemistry, and math. PreCalculus has been a huge challenge this year for several reasons, but it’s shown her to be such a tenacious and hard working student. (We’ve already known this, but it’s confirmed it in big ways.) Sarah is incredible, and I’m not just saying that because I’m her dad. What an amazing young woman she’s growing up to be! She’s finishing up her sophomore year this year, and has grown up so much in many ways, not just in her artistic, musical and creative talents. We are so proud of her. We’re in for some amazing years ahead as she starts her junior year in high school.
I combined both of her voice recital pieces into a single video, which is about 5 minutes long.
Sarah was in several different dance numbers during last night’s recital, since she’s in so many classes, and this really showed off the range of her skills and talents. The combined video of these is almost 9 minutes long. Notice the segment that is strongly influenced by Hawaiian hula! One of her dance instructors goes to Hawaii every year to lead hula workshops. I absolutely love the diversity and high quality of all the dance as well as voice and theater instruction Sarah has been blessed to receive at Poteet.
One of the most touching parts of yesterday’s recitals was a short message shared by Chris Grimes, who has been the director of programs at Poteet this year and Sarah’s voice teacher. She’s leaving Poteet and going to Lyric Theater, and we’re hopeful Sarah will be able to continue studying voice under Chris. Her message to her students was this:
Remember God says YOU ARE ENOUGH. There are so many people and situations in the world of theater and performance which try to tell you you don’t have what it takes. YOU ARE ENOUGH. Right now, on May 7, 2016, at 1:30 pm in the afternoon, YOU ARE ENOUGH. God has made you perfectly, and His truth is that YOU ARE ENOUGH.
Praise God for our healthy and loving daughter, who loves God and has such a kind heart. We are so thankful to God for his blessings and we see these manifested so clearly in our daughter, Sarah, who is flowering into womanhood before our very eyes.
Rachel created this 2 minute video with a classmate for their 6th Grade History Day Project. Their topic was “The Oregon Trail.” She edited on her iPhone5.
Hey it’s Rachel! I’m thinking of starting a minecraft on my youtube channel, RachelArtist. Make sure to check it out! xoxo
This short video, “Saving Bruce the Shark,” is a creative story told and created by Rachel yesterday using the iPad app, “ToonTastic.” Since we added a new iPad to our family collection, Rachel has inherited her own. Mom is encouraging her to use more apps for creative “making,” since her favorite computer activities continue to be WATCHING YouTube videos and playing Minecraft. Rachel is a creative storyteller and “maker!”
A few weeks ago when Rachel and I were in Manhattan, Kansas, we went bowling with my dad. I took photos while we were bowling with the idea that we would later create an eBook together. We did (using Book Creator for iPad) and took turns narrating it. It is available as a downloadable EPUB, a PDF without audio, and as a video on YouTube. I plan to submit this to Apple’s iBookstore but have not done it yet.
Two days ago I posted my second video to youtube!! It is another clubpenguin video, but this time showing you how to make a certain type of igloo!
So recently I made a my little pony OC ( which is a pony that resembles you ) in the Devin Art Pony Creator. I had pink hair, gray body, and blue eyes. A while ago I posted a comment on one of Amy Lee 33’s videos, and someone commented back at me. We had a little conversation going, then decided to be youtube friends, sub for a sub! I commented on one of her vids asking if she could draw me as a pony. And she did!! Shoutut to you Viki Roblox if you are watching this, thank you sooooooooooo much!!!!!!!
Here is my first video to post on my YouTube channel, RachelArtist. It is a Club Penguin video showing you how to be Mumu ( mom ) in CP. Hope you enjoy and do check out my channel on YouTube!
Thanks to Kevin MacLeod for the music in my video, “Life Of Riley.”
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!!!! Isn’t it amazing!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiKWSYwj8KM
I am writing this a day late, but I still wanted to wish you all a happy halloween! This is a halloween special posted by my favorite youtuber, Stampylonghead. I hope you had a great holiday! 😉
OM goodness! I was surfing youtube ( suprise, suprise ) when I stumbled upon this AMAZING video! It was made in minecraft using note blocks, which if you play minecraft, you know how hard it would be to make something like this! I really like this song, and this song and the real song are almost IDENTACLE! Check this out. I guarentee you will be blown away.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbDWhGOWKR0
