The Academy of Learning: Homeschooling, Homemaking and Crafting
Classical Composers Monthly has graciously offered one collection to a lucky reader! You can read the review I posted earlier this week HERE
They also have a Christmas Freebie for all – Christmas Classics
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It’s hard to believe December is literally just around the corner! It really sneaks up on you (especially when it’s 80 degrees year round).
This year we will be doing a wide variety of advent activities. C will be participating in the Lego Club advent build….he’ll watch a video a day and build part of a Christmas House each time.
We have the Christmas Advent I made last year all filled with candy and a scripture verse for each day (Scripture verses taken from Discover Christmas). We also unwrap a Christmas Book each night to read. This is a repeat of last year, you can read about our yearly traditions HERE.
Additionally we will be doing a lesson a day from the Discover Christmas Curriculum, and crafting an ornament to go with the lesson to hang on our little tree in the School Room, with the exception of one day which we will make Christmas Cards. I purchased ornament kits from Oriental Trading to coincide with the lessons (candy canes, angels, Christmas trees, St. Nicholas, the Nativity, etc…) and others we will be crafting from scratch!
We will also start baking as we get closer to Christmas! Here and Here are some yummy things I made last year.
We’ll have two weeks of Christmas Themed activities, I got a lot of great deals on after Christmas sales last year, and am really excited to use them, I’ve been brainstorming for ideas. Here is a bit of what we did last year.
I hope to have this years ideas up next week! (No promises).
There are a lot of Christmas Lessons to choose from….I recommend Christmas around the USA and Truth in the Tinsel. We aren’t using them this year, (because I already has plans when I discovered them), BUT I’ve checked them both out and they are really GREAT!
We have also kept Christmas SIMPLE this year. My kids are getting community gifts (each one will get a part of the gift). LEGOS, Wooden Blocks and Remote Control Cars. The stockings will not be as full this year either (I so regret getting them these HUGE stockings that I feel I need to fill every year). We really are trying to keep it simple and focus on the true meaning of Christmas.
This month we collected items for Operation Christmas Child with our co-op and were able to fill 5 boxes and raise money for shipping!
So, even though it’s hard to believe it’s almost here….I’m excited and ready!! How about you?
What is one of the most time consuming things about homeschooling? For me it’s research and lesson planning! I’m sure many of you would agree. It’s always great when those things are already done for you, and many people even choose ready made curriculums for that exact purpose.
Classical Composers Monthly is EXACTLY that in regards to classical music and art appreciation. All links and material provided have been screened and are considered family friendly and of high quality.
For $14.95 you can subscribe to one of the 3 collections listed below (LIFETIME Membership). Which gives you access to a wide variety of materials for each composer or artist listed.
Composers included in Collection 1:
Franz Peter Schubert
Antonio Vivaldi
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Franz Joseph Haydn
Johann Sebastian Bach
Peter Tchaikovsky
Carl Maria von Weber
Felix Mendelssohn
Ludwig van Beethoven
Bela Bartok, plus Bonus resource: Paul Hindemith
Frederic Chopin
Johannes Brahms
Composers included in Collection 2:
Igor Stravinsky
Darius Milhaud
Edvard Grieg
Franz Liszt
Gustav Holst
Camille Saint-Saens
Dmitri Shostakovich
Johann Strauss II
Erik Satie
Claude Debussy
Antonin Dvorak
Gabriel Faure
Sergei Prokofiev
Collection 3 includes a combination of composers and artists
Composers:
Debussy
Bach
Verdi
Rossisi
Puccini
Artists:
Renoir
Ruisdael
de Hooch
Seurat
Each collection has a variety of items including ebooks, activities, lesson plans, videos, playlists, etc….
You can preview their layouts with an artist FREEBIE (MONET) and you can also subscribe for a composer FREEBIE (HANDEL).
They are doing the best they can to make the lesson pages IPAD friendly, which is nice! We use the IPAD a lot for schooling, this is a bonus for me!
If you are really looking for a wide variety of activities and resources to use in your Classical Music and Art Appreciation studies, this is a GREAT resource, for a reasonable price.
We have studied Handel, Mozart and Monet thus far, and look forward to continuing our studies with this resource!
DISCLAIMER: I received a FREE copy of Collection 1 to preview in order to write this review. Because I feel this is a worthwhile product, I have also become an affiliate for the company. These factors do not affect my review of the product. I only provide honest reviews and only support/promote products I believe in.
Since we are studying ants this week, we went on an ant hunt. They weren’t hard to find, there are lots of teeny tiny ants in Hawaii (we’ve had some issues with them getting in the house too!). But it was lots of fun! Then we turned over a big rock in the yard and examined what was underneath! Lots of cockroaches and slugs (both very plentiful in Hawaii). We also found an egg…we are guessing a Gecko egg…but we aren’t sure.
We spent a lot of time at the beach recently! The kids love to build sand castles, and experiment with waterways – we also explored some tide pools. Always lots of things to see and do (and learn about) at the beach!
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