We’ve just finished learning about and listening to Mozart (one of my favorites.) Below are the resources we used. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Classics For Kids Radio Shows Click and Play Biography Kid’s Bio and Music Listen to Mozart Books We Read
Wagner Composer Study Resources Did you know Renoir painted a portrait of Wagner? Classics For Kids Biography Listen
Our Bach study… Johann Sebastian Bach Classics For Kids Listen to Bach
This was our second week studying nativities of various artists. After seeing this nativity silhouette project from That Artist Woman, I just knew it would be perfect for our study. Here are our silhouettes as we listened to Handel’s “Messiah” for a little composer study.
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…
For the last few weeks, we’ve been studying Degas and Tchaikovsky during our artist and composer time. For the study of Degas, we spent some time each Tuesday either reading a book about him, observing his artwork or doing an art project related to him. In studying Tchaikovsky, we took some time each week to listen to…
Yesterday was Tuesday and that means another busy, but very rich day of learning in our house. After a bit of Bible and math, we went outside for nature study from a distance. Instead of observing God’s creation up-close and personal, we took time to view the beautiful autumn trees as they grow in groupings. All…
The walnut trees are beginning to change colors and drop leaves in Kentucky already. While they’re still full of nuts, I wanted our nature study time this week to focus on these trees. We used one of the nature notebooking pages from the Delightful Deciduous Trees NaturExplorers study to focus our attention. Mahayla made some Apple…
Tuesdays are such a sweet treat! Nature study, artist study, art projects, composer study, tea time and an afternoon club are making for full and fun days. Last week’s nature study turned out to be working cattle in the barn with dad. I had planned on a nice walk to observe trees and their lines, but…
Our first Fine Arts Tuesday has come and gone. What a lovely day it was! We will soon be listening to Peggy’s Violin: A Butterfly in Time(which is a wonderful story of the life of a violin, by the way!) Woven into the story are several classical music pieces by famous composers. One of the first…
I’m the first to admit that “fitting it all in” is hard. And in the past, to my shame, the first things to go when “school” seemed to be pressing were the richest learning experiences of all – artist study/art opportunities, composer study, and even nature study. I don’t know why it seems like those studies…