The Erskine Family's
"LIVINGBOOKS FOR THE EARS"Newsletter
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June 13, 2007
This week's program:
Our 2007 Make-Your-Own-Radio-Program Contest
2nd Place Winner
Mary & Laura Kizior and Amanda, Megan & Teresa Dominick's
Queen Joanna and the Abbotplus The Hoyer Family's
The Inchcape RockGreetings Friends!
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(just look for the post "Current Archived Programs")!Well, we are back from a whirlwind trip to Illinois, where we enjoyed a fun family reunion and the amazing Tremont Turkey Festival! And we brought with us our Second Place Winner in the 2007 "Make Your Own Radio Program" Contest, Queen Joanna and the Abbot, by Mary & Laura Kizior and Amanda, Megan & Teresa Dominick! This is a delightful, humorous dramatization of the classic tale "King John and the Abbott" as found in "50 Famous Stories Retold" by James Baldwin. We also have a second story entry from this year's competition for you to enjoy, The Hoyer boys' lively version of "The Inchcape Rock". Enjoy!
Previous "Make Your Own Radio Program" features: If you missed last week's program, Nathan Pilling's "Arnold Winkelreid", click here. If you missed our First Place Winner "Horatius at the Bridge" by Jonathan Girotti, click here.)
Videos Go Bye Bye for Now
You may have noticed that our GreatHomeschoolVideos site is currently offline. Click here to read why. We do hope to have this matter resolved and this resource back online soon... but are waiting out YouTube's actions in this situation. (They have tweaked this awful new "feature" twice already due to negative feedback, so we have decided to wait a bit and see where it all ends up before changing our own site.) We will let you know when our site is available again!
Hey... Our Newest Collections are coming next week!
The time-honored stories you'll find in these collections have become so incorporated into literature and our cultural history that a knowledge of them is an indispensable part of one’s education. No child should grow up without knowing these stories. They not only convey great lessons about wisdom, courage, bravery, and honor, but references to these classic tales will show up in movies, books and articles your child will encounter throughout the rest of your their life. If you miss these stories, many of these cultural references will be missed. Your child's life will be the richer for knowing these classic legends and tales.
Now the book "Fifty Famous Stories Retold" and it's long-neglected but truly wonderful companion volume "30 More Famous Stories Retold" are available in our unique new Audiobook collections!
"50 Famous Stories Retold"(delightful audio readings and performances by homeschooled kids) +
"30 More Famous Stories" (the "lost" companion collection of great audio stories) +
Bonus Audiobook: "Robinson Crusoe Retold" by James Baldwin +
Lots of great BONUS teaching resources & goodies
= A true "Must Have" resource for your upcoming homeschool year!Be ready to take advantage of our special
Introductory Discount Next Week and $ave!We'll give you the final details on this new 2 CD set next Monday... but for now, let us just strongly suggest you make a spot in your history and literature plans for the upcoming school year, because you will definitely want to make these a part of your kid's homeschool studies this Fall.
Best Wishes,
The Erskines
homeschoolradioshows.com
Okay...Here are This Week's Programs:
2nd Place Winner of our
2007 "Make Your Own Radio Program" Contest!
Mary & Laura Kizior and Amanda, Megan & Teresa Dominick's
Queen Joanna and the AbbotThese young ladies' delightful humorous adaptation of the story of Baldwin's "King John and the Abbot" was our judges' choice for 2nd Place in this year's contest. Creative story adaptation and presentation, fine acting and good use of sound made this the choice of our judges. Congratulations Mary, Laura, Amanda, Megan & Teresa... all from Newark, IL!
Queen Joanna and the Abbot
File Size: approx 10 megs / Running time: 10 minutesAlternate download site if the above is busy
The Inchcape Rock
by Dylan, Daniel and Kyle HoyerThe Hoyer Family in Brookport, IL sent in this fun entry dramatizing the true story of "The Inchcape Rock", a great tale of scoundrels and danger at sea. It is another of the great tales you'll hear on our "Fifty Famous Stories Retold" collection, coming out in two weeks. Enjoy!
The Inchcape Rock
File Size: approx 3.5 megs / Running Time: 5 minutesREAD THE INSTRUCTIONS below if you are unfamiliar with downloading a file or are having any problems with your download.To download a program, RIGHT click (use the right hand button on your mouse) the link above, and "save target as" (or "save link as") to the directory of your choice.
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