Apr. 11, 2008 Music in our Home/School
I've been wanting to incorporate more music into our homeschooling and our family life. Music really wasn't very important to me growing up; I couldn't carry a note in a bucket and piano lessons were torture for me. (My brothers are a different story.) My husband, on the other hand, is very musically inclined. He's the kind of person who can flip through the radio dial and name every song on every station within the first few notes. He's self-taught on the drums and piano. (He might only know how to play one or two easy songs on the piano, but he taught himself those songs.) He even has a sense of rhythm, which is something I pathetically lack.
And so now we have children; six of them to be exact. The oldest, unfortunately, takes after his mother in the music department. Music is for listening, not for performing. Singing is what other people do. At least, that is how he is now. Never mind that when he was younger & in public school, he was always chosen for the school chorus. Never mind that when he was younger & homeschooled, he had a solo in a homeschool group play, and when the only other child with a solo did not show up on time for one of the performances, he filled in at the last minute and performed perfectly.
Dylan's interest in music is like a pendulum; sometimes he is very interested and sometimes he could care less. He did very, very well, I'm told, in the music appreciation class he took at co-op. He became very interested in music at that time. He wanted to take guitar lessons, so we bought him a guitar and lessons on DVD. I bought him some books and Cd's. I wanted to do more to encourage his love of music, but with little money and little time, there wasn't much more we could do.
Jesse has been wanting to take violin lessons for years. Emily LOVES to sing and she wants to take piano lessons. I want my children to love music and to have an appreciation for it. I want them to have the opportunity to learn to play instruments and to sing in a chorus or a choir if they have that desire. So off with the TV and on to the music ... here are a just few of the many resources for teaching music in the home to various ages:
Beautiful Feet Books History of Classical Music
Pfeiffer House K-6 Music Curriculum
Discoveries in Music
Worship Guitar Class
Piano for Preschoolers
Friendship House Catalog (we have a couple of these books and would love to order the rest of the series)
Wee Sing
The Land of Music
Music Ace
This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to incorporating music into your home. I have children to feed so I don't have time to list any more. Please leave me a comment with your favorite resource (especially any I have not listed)! Thanks! |
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