phathui5 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 What should I do to cover our music requirement for my 1st and 4th graders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hsmomto4 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Story of the Orchestra! Great book on the different musical instruments and the composers of the world and it comes with a CD :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aletheia Academy Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 (edited) I like the suggestion from PP. Also, Ambleside Online has a nice music program. My Matres Magistres blog has notes and links to the specific compositions for Vaughan Williams to get you started. Here is the post. Edited August 19, 2009 by Aletheia Academy to add link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Classics for Kids podcast, then check out CDs and books from the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdeveson Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Story of the Orchestra! Great book on the different musical instruments and the composers of the world and it comes with a CD :-) We did story of the Orchestra with our co-op and it was a big hit. That was two years ago when ds was in third grade. For fourth and fifth grade (we just began fifth grade) we're doing 8 great masters, one each month. We do each master four times (once a week). We use books form the library, classicsforkids.com and other freebies. If you'd like to see how we do it, look under my sig and download the enrichment curriculum from my co-op. It spells everything out. Last, be sure you have wonderful music of all kinds playing in your house. I download pieces from each composer and put them in my iPod. This first month we're doing Vivaldi, and my son hums the first movement from The Four Seasons when he's playing Legos and he doesn't even realize it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanne in MN Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Love that book! See if you can catch an orchestra performance somehow when you are done. It's fun for the kids to recognize the instruments. If you are looking for something for music theory-we are using Keyboard Capers. A neat hands-on way to learn about music and how it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Another easy option: We use the What Your xx Grader Needs to Know books along w/ Rod and Staff's music course. R&S is inexpensive music theory. Then we spice it up w/ the What Your... Books. We do a section at a time, and check out books and videos and C.Ds. We also learn a song a week from the book. The songs are usually on a Wee Sings C.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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