It’s Saturday and time for Music! I would like to invite you to check out Go Classical for Kids. I remember as a child riding in my parents’ car when my dad would be driving. My dad would turn on the radio.
My sister, brother and I would hold our breath waiting to see which Radio Station our father would turn on. Most of the time it was Classical Music we would moan and grown.
Fast forward to today and I am grown and I actually don’t mind listening to Classical Music and I have taught both of my children to appreciate all types of music.
I can’t wait until my family is able to sit down as a family and check out
Go Classical for Kids.
Once we have a chance to check out Go Classical for Kids. I plan on asking Charlie’s music teacher if she has heard of Go Classical for Kids. Then I plan on asking if she uses it with her students.
Age Range: 7-13 (Grades 2-8, with parental supervision) This website offers one of the best, web-based educational activities on classical music that we’ve seen – designed just for kids!
When you get to the site choose from the following icons to watch and listen:
- Hansel & Gretel – Learn about opera and interactively control the elements in the scenes. Includes lesson plans, text transcripts form the game, a quiz to test knowledge, and hands on activities.
- Scheherazade Interactive – The symphonic music of Rimsky-Korsakov is set to the story of “The Thousand and One Arabian Nights.” Parents can enjoy this activity using the listening guides on each screen and four music games for kids. Don’t forget to click on the “oil jars” at the bottom of the screen for further learning. Includes free, downloadable teachers’ lessons and guides.
- Brahms – This online educational experience sets Brahms’ music to a story about Brahms and the culture of Vienna Austria in the 1890s. It includes chamber music, listening guides, and games. Includes free, downloadable teachers’ lessons and guides.
- Alan Chapman Studio – Take a virtual tour of classical radio station KUSC, 91.5 FM, Los Angeles, with a popular radio host!
- Family Listening Activity – Enjoy listening to music that imitates the sound of water. Classical pieces have been selected wherein the music sounds like a ship on the sea, a mermaid’s song, a storm, a river, and a fountain. This listen-and-learn exercise comes with simple, helpful text and suggestions that parents – who don’t have any previous experience in music education – can do and enjoy with their children.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
