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Archives for Extracurriculars

Extracurriculars

Kodály Who?

October 13, 2022 by Christin Peng

If you are a Cedar parent, you may have heard your student sing about a horse that caught a whooping cough, rain that will not go away, Queen Caroline, or John Kanaka. Learning these folk songs is part of the Kodály (pronounced code-EYE) approach that is focused on singing-centered music literacy. Folk songs (our musical mother […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Cultural Literacy, Culture, Curriculum, Extracurriculars, K-12 education, Music, The Liberal Arts

Five Tips to Enjoy Nature with Your Family

July 28, 2021 by Emma Setterington

Baby Snapping Turtle

Building family culture is simply about doing things together. Shared experiences, shared interests, and repeated activities (traditions) are what stick in kids’ memories and make your family a fun place to belong. Exploring nature is together is a relatively easy, free activity that is accessible to all. Even if the outdoors isn’t your thing, the […]

Filed Under: Blog, Building a Strong Family Culture Tagged With: Building a Strong Family Culture, Culture, Extracurriculars, Family, Lifelong Learning, Nature Study, Parental Partnership, Parenting, Science, Wonder

Three Ways to Reinforce Classical Education at Home

July 19, 2021 by Amelia Stieren

If what your children do at school matters, then how they live at home ought to matter even more. At Cedar, we want our students to celebrate the continuity in the Lord’s sovereignty and grace in all things, whether that be during a lesson on fractions or while taking out the trash at home. We […]

Filed Under: Blog, Building a Strong Family Culture Tagged With: Building a Strong Family Culture, Chores, Culture, Extracurriculars, Family, Lifelong Learning, Parental Partnership, Parenting, Self-Government, Wonder

“Beauty is not an elective”: Our Music Curriculum

February 8, 2020 by Caroline Hummel

Here is a glimpse of Wassail & Carols, our December 12 celebration of Christ’s incarnation through recitation and carols. This was also a night to revel in the musicianship that our music teacher, Mrs. Peng, has been teaching to our students. At Cedar, we like to say that beauty is not an elective. We think […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Culture, Curriculum, Extracurriculars, Grammar School, Music, Quadrivium

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