Do your children know simple folk songs?
As with so many beautiful things of the past, folk songs seem to be falling by the wayside. One of our greatest treasures is being lost and it's up to us to keep those songs alive for this generation!
Just as with beautiful living books, folk songs teach our children history in an authentic and engaging ...
As I worked with a group of elementary students today, I was reminded how capable they are of BIG thoughts about beautiful music.
After we had listened to a couple of different sections from Swan Lake, I encouraged them in their listening efforts. Practicing Super Quiet UnInterrupted Listening Time for 3-4 minute stretches at a time transfers o...
My love for music began with piano lessons.
In my elementary music class I remember wanting to win the note reading games my teacher, Mrs. Sprinkle, would have us play. It seemed like the kids that won these games took piano lessons.
I distinctly remember going home and asking my mom if I could take piano lessons. My older siblings had al...
As we enter spring, we are of course teaching our children about all things new: flowers and trees are in bloom, birds are singing, everything is fresh and exciting after the bleak winter.
Add some "fresh and new" into your children's music education with these pieces for spring.
SIMPLE is important here at SQUILT Music Appreciation. With ...
Last summer, in an effort for my husband and I to relive our own childhood, we introduced our five children to the 1992 film, Newsies.
We do things like that often… Buying the them ‘retro’ remake of toys we had when we were kids, blaring songs from our high school years that we had ‘burned’ on cds and having family movie nights of all the clas...
Making Music Memories with Children
Christmas Carols are such a simple, beautiful way to make memories with your children.
As we celebrate the coming of the Christ child, we also yearn for His birth with the singing of carols. These carols are a mixture of anticipation, solemnity, and even sadness.
One of the most beautiful carols is Come, Thou...
I teach at a Christian school to very small classes, and both my older group (11-14) and younger group (5-10) loved the amount of options for the Christmas carol listening calendar! Carol of the Bells and O Come, O Come Emmanuel especially led to lots of great discussion about what makes music sound victorious, joyful, and rich. Thank you Mary!
