You may want to enrich your child’s growing faith and intellect by memorizing Bible verses together! Here are some selections of Bible verses (from the New American Bible, Revised Edition, as recommended by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) for memorization, penmanship practice, or study. Artwork, video recordings of recitations, and penmanship samples can …
You may wish to enrich your child’s education with poetry! Children in fourth grade are able to memorize poetry and begin learning how to perform it for others. I used to participate in poetry competitions as a child, but I’m not sure if they do that sort of thing these days. If you hear of …
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Aaron Copland was a modern composer. His music is very famous for sounding “American.” Some of my favorites on this playlist include selections from “Appalachian Spring,” which is a pastoral suite about the land and culture in the mountains from New York State to Alabama and Georgia. Besides telling musical stories about American places, Copland …
Our composer this month is Vivaldi. Vivaldi was a composer and a violin teacher. He wrote music in what we call the Baroque Era. If you listen in our classroom this month, you’ll likely hear some famous classical pieces by Vivaldi, which have also been used in television, film, commercials, and even cartoons! Mrs. Yakhnenko’s …
Edvard Grieg was from Norway. He played piano, and wrote many different types of music. His piece, “In the Hall of the Mountain King,” has been used in lots of movie, television, and commercial soundtracks. It has even appeared in some cartoons! If you listen closely in our classroom this month, you’ll probably hear some …
