We are currently in the middle of a Beethoven unit in our homeschool. There are quite a few books that I found that have enhanced our studies. But one in particular was a flop. I don’t even have a picture. The Value of Giving: The Story of Beethoven is just such a bizarre story I’m [...]
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Sorry Ludwig
Posted in composer studies, Friday Fail, Music, tagged Beethoven, composers on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mozart
Posted in composer studies, Music, tagged birds, composer, Mozart, symphony on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In our homeschool we are in the midst of a unit on Mozart. We have found some great picture books, read alouds, and easy reader books to use for this study. I wanted to take the opportunity to highlight just one. In the previous composer study I highlighted a book about Haydn that was based [...]
Composer Study: Haydn
Posted in composer studies, Music, tagged composers, haydn, orchestra, symphony on November 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In our homeschool, we are using Robert Levine’s Story of the Orchestra book and cd to give an introduction to a chronology of major composers. We take 2 weeks to study and read about each composer. Tuesday, we listen to the selection and read from the book, then throughout the week we read other books [...]



