Mozart Resources
Posted by Cindy on March 27, 2009
We’ve just finished learning about and listening to Mozart (one of my favorites.) Below are the resources we used.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Composer Richard Wagner
Posted by Cindy on February 26, 2009
Wagner Composer Study Resources
Did you know Renoir painted a portrait of Wagner?
December Artist and Composer Studies
Posted by Cindy on December 1, 2008
Thanks to the ladies at the CM Artist Study group, I’ve found a wonderful site for various nativity scenes that we’ll use for art study this month.
Each week, we’ll observe ALL of the paintings noticing different things each time like:
- realism
- colors
- feelings
- which ones capture the reverence best, or the joy best, etc
- the number of people
- who is consistently in each painting and why
- what style pleases them most
- what style pleases them least
Since we’re working on a daily scrapbook page to go along with the Names of Jesus unit and we’re frequently crafting this month, I doubt we’ll do any additional art besides the picture study.
Our composer of the month is – who else – George Frederick Handel. And we’ll be listening to – what else -the “Messiah”.
The biography will come mostly from Classics for Kids, and I may choose an activity or two from Cindy Downes free unit.
As for the “Messiah”, here is a nice explanation of the musical story. We own the “Messiah” on CD, but you can listen to parts of it online here.
Homer and Hayden
Posted by Cindy on November 19, 2008
We continued studying Winslow Homer this week during art. Using this Winslow Homer online lesson, we took special note of the water prints. The kids tried their hand at creating a water landscape and practicing perspective with an up close boat and far away island.
Continuing our study of Hayden, we used parts of this Classics For Kids lesson plan. The rhythm section was particularly helpful for my 3rd grader who is just beginning to start piano and music theory lessons.
And finally, to round out our Fine Arts Tuesday, nature study focused on clouds. We had a snow system that was moving out and new clouds moving in. Observing the various types of clouds in the sky was fascinating. We used a couple of activities and a nature notebooking page from:
