What’s a comfort zone? I think I forgot again. I'll have to go look that up. Let's see...Comfort zone, noun, "the level at which one functions with ease and familiarity." Hmmm... I grew up all over the U.S.- always the new kid on the block. When I was 2 weeks old, I moved from Colorado to Florida. We lived in too many places to count there and, in just two years, we moved again after my sister was born. Settling down in N.Y. for eight whole years, we lived in an apartment and two different houses. I went to two of every school except for college. Every time my father's company needed a volunteer to move across country, my father's...
How to Contact Someone By JoJo Tabares This issue came up the other day and I thought it would make a good post. I have written on this before, but it wasn’t the focus of the article and I can’t seem to find it amongst the many I’ve written (that have yet to be posted on the AOE website) anyway. Lol If you have ever had a situation come up in which you wanted to contact someone to address an issue, find out more information or thank them for all their hard work on something, you may have run into trouble obtaining an email address. It is surprisingly easy in the Information Age and here are a few suggestions: 1....
Cindy from The Old Schoolhouse Magazine will be sharing on the Art of Eloquence Facebook fan page this Birthday Bash half hour. Here is what she is offering as a prize for this half hour’s contest: -a one-year digital subcription to The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine -a digital copy of our popular Schoolhouse Planner -the 2011 Expo To Go (digital recordings of all the sessions) To win this prize, you will need to post a comment to this blog post answering this question: Name two of your favorite Art of Eloquence studies listed on our Homeschool Curricula page! We’ll be picking a winner from among the correct answers and contacting you via email so make sure you leave your email address...
Diane Hurst from Gentle Shepherd will be sharing on the Art of Eloquence Facebook fan page this Birthday Bash half hour. Here is what she is offering as a prize for this half hour’s contest: Picture and Writing: Older Ages These pages are for grades five through eight. There are 11 closely spaced lines to write on. Picture prompts that are unique to this book are: make a picture of a space alien, of a jungle, of an unusual family, of someone playing a sport, of an unusual backyard, of an amusement park ride. The other prompts are the same as those in the Younger Ages book. Five copies will be given away! (Five winners for this one!) x To...
Felice Gerwitz will be sharing on the Art of Eloquence Facebook fan page this Birthday Bash half hour. Here is what she is offering as a prize for this half hour’s contest: x 1. One ticket for the Ultimate Back to School Expo: 50+ Audio Encouragement for the entire year! 50+ audio sessions from homeschool motivational speakers! Bonus audios from homeschool graduates who share their hearts, why homeschool and so much more. This set is more encouragement to uplift you throughout the year, than how-to like our other sets! x 2. One free music album, “Homeschool Mother’s Prayer Album”. Songs that touch the heart of a homeschool mom in a way like no others! Lyrics by Felice Gerwitz, Media Angels,...
