Day 5 of our Carnival of the Animals music camp has arrived! We played the ever-popular Guess-It! game as a way of reviewing all that we’ve learned so far this week. The Science of Sound today explores two remarkable instruments – the piano and the glass armonica. Students use their music vocabulary knowledge to attempt […]
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Highlights from Day 4 of Carnival of the Animals Music Camp
A fun review game of hangman to start off Day 4 of our Carnival of the Animals music camp! Learning all about the Science of Sound and how the ear works. For the math whizzes of the bunch – compute these 32nd notes! Practicing technique concepts on each other! Interval Intuition – Can they feel […]
Highlights from Day 3 of Carnival of the Animals Music Camp
Students get comfy as we start Day 3 of our Carnival of the Animals music camp. Having fun with our string art projects! Loving using my new iPad mini and iHome bluetooth speaker for listening to each work while we color the corresponding pages. The students work on one of today’s technique challenges – wrist […]
Highlights from Day 2 of the Carnival of the Animals Music Camp
We began Day 2 of our Carnival of the Animals Music Camp by discussing our theme verse (Revelation 4:11) and reading a psalm of praise (Psalm 100). Next up was a challenging activity to review yesterday’s vocabulary words. Students had to select the right definitions from a list of 15 possibilities! Coloring while listening to […]
Highlights from Day 1 of Carnival of the Animals Music Camp
Today was the first day of our much-anticipated Carnival of the Animals Music Camp, and we had a blast! Snacks are ready! One bottle of water and a cup of Whales for each student. Student Workbooks ready for the unleashing of each student’s creative juices! String art supplies collected! Laptop, Bible, and Bluetooth speaker ready […]
Coming Soon – Carnival of the Animals: A Classical Christian Music Camp!
I was so inspired by the Classical Conversations Parent Practicum that I attended last week that I’ve been working on developing our studio music camp program this year using a Classical Christian education model! It’s been a ton of fun using the Topic Wheel to generate ideas and put together what I think will be […]
