What one of us has been doing on our summer break…

Daughter Jessica has spent a lot of time this spring and summer honing her film making skills, and posting the results on youtube. They are a hoot. Just for fun, we thought you might like to see a few of them here before we get back to business on Wednesday.

Here’s her latest episode of her series “Lonely Knights”, which she writes, directs, films, edits, and plays all parts (well, almost all parts). Check it out:

And here’s one of my favorite videos she has put together. This is a shot-by-shot parody of the opening of the 1960s TV series, “The Prisoner” (which, coincidentally, we watched earlier this year). If you aren’t familiar with it, watch the original program opening first:

And here’s her version. Too funny:

If you want to see more of Jessica’s videos, including Part Two of the “Little Happy Song” video above, visit her youtube page where there’s a bunch of ‘em. Drop her a note in the comments there and let her know you stopped by.

Posted on June 23, 2009 by JimE

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So what do you want to see…

UPDATE! We now have our winners, chosen via a random number generator.

Congratulations to Stacy P., Helena, Layna V and the York Family! We will be contacting you via email to send you your prizes.

Thanks also to everyone for their comments and suggestions… we appreciate them all, and will be using many of these in the weeks to come! – The Erskines

(Comments on this post are still welcomed, but the contest is now closed.)

…when we get back from our “Summer Break”?

While we aren’t posting much here on the site in June, we are still busy behind the scenes (between all the picnics, fish fries, yard work & garden tour expeditions) sending out our weekly email subscriber freebies, putting the finishing touches on a couple of new collections, and putting together an awesome line up of freebies for you over the next few months!

Still, there are several spots yet to be filled, and we’d love to get YOUR input on what to feature here on our site later this Summer and into the Fall. So what kind of homeschool resources are you especially wanting to see featured on our site? What is most useful and helpful to you? What do you want to see more of? What do you want to see less of? Post a comment and let us know!

- Jim E

Posted on June 10, 2009 by JimE

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