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Chopin Composer Study

August 31, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 5 Comments

We’re in the midst of our fourth week back to homeschool (Sprite’s seventh grade). Despite my terrible motivation issues, it’s been a smooth transition back to books and learning. Like I suspected, once I dive in, the motivation returns. We have done math, language arts, art, and composer study in these weeks — four of […]

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Requiring Art and Music Study

April 8, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 12 Comments

I received an email with this question and I thought I’d address it here in a blog  post. “You both do art and music study. I want to incorporate these because I think they are important; however, he doesn’t seem interested. Should I push this and require it or not?” [Just so you know, this […]

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Beethoven Composer Study

March 25, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 12 Comments

Our latest composer is Beethoven. Sprite deems him a likable child prodigy (different from Mozart). In the past, I’d always read these Opal Wheeler biographies aloud. But they really are easy reads for a fifth grader. So I turned the book over to her this time. (Even though I sort of missed reading it together.) […]

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Verdi Composer Study and Opera Lapbook

November 16, 2009 By Jimmie Quick 4 Comments

We’ve chosen Giuseppe Verdi as our composer of the term, and Verdi means opera! I bought this opera DVD (pirated, shhhh….) for less than $2 —Verdi’s Il Trovatore , Metropolitan Opera (1988).   I have to admit, it was my first exposure, ever, to opera. And surprisingly, Sprite and I both liked it! Granted, it’s totally […]

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Mozart Composer Study

October 10, 2009 By Jimmie Quick 8 Comments

Sprite doesn’t like Mozart anymore. She always liked his music before we read his biography. But now she doesn’t like him at all. And it’s all because he’s a child prodigy. He’s too perfect. She says she doesn’t like perfect people. Although I’m a huge fan of the Opal Wheeler composer biographies, I do have […]

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