You may have seen this video about music inspired by birds going around facebook. I like this video even better because we get to learn more about the inspiration for this music, and see it performed by an orchestra!
I love it when we can learn about things that help us see the world around us in new ways. Don’t you?
Parents, I want to share a life hack with you.
Ready? Here it goes:
Do you want your children to appreciate healthy food? Then enjoy eating healthy food yourself, and give that kind of food to them from the time they are little.
Want your kids to enjoy being outside? Then be a family that spends time doing enjoyable things outside from the time they are little.
Want your kids to appreciate art? Expose them to art of many types from the time they are little. Have art be a normal part of your home and your experience in life.
Want your kids to appreciate good music? Have good music on from the time they are in the womb! (Yeah. Really little!)
Basically: Be living the life and walking the walk. Because you are cultivating their interests and appreciations.
It’s easy! And maybe hard, too, if you didn’t get these sorts of things cultivated in your childhood. The good news is, you get a do-over, and now that you’re older and wiser, you’ll probably enjoy it more and appreciate it more deeply than you would have as a kid. Score!
I really liked this article about cultivating a love for good music with your children. I feel like the author is a kindred spirit, because I’m trying to accomplish the same thing with our Composer Study collections. Learn some, listen a bunch, let it sink into your bones. Believe it or not, the simplicity of that is very powerful.
Here’s an interesting and beautiful form of art that you may not be familiar with: Candle Carving!
This video is under 5 minutes long and does a great job of explaining the process and method of this art form. You can also see a bunch of beautiful carved candles here.
What combines math, science, art, creativity, determination, sequencing, logical thinking, spatial reasoning, and more? This does!
Let’s all go get our kids a bunch of dominoes and see what they can do! 🙂
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I found a treasure today! 🙂 Gena from I Choose Joy has been a wonderful supporter of what we do here at Enrichment Studies, and yesterday she opened up sales for something that is a wonderful addition to what we offer here!
21 Lessons in 20th Century American Music Appreciation does a great job of guiding you through the massive musical development and changes that took place in the 1900s. This study includes Sousa marches, Ragtime, Blues, and Jazz, Opera, Big Band, Musical Theater, the start of Rock and Roll, and more!
This program has each lesson simply laid out for you, with helpful links to youtube videos so you can easily share the music with your children. Notebooking pages are also included, as well as a helpful list of bibiographies. Gena shares her recommendations for utilizing this program in order to get a half credit for your high schoolers as well!
Click on over to get this great study! I really think you will love it!
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