One of my favorite activities as a classroom music teacher was presenting a "Composer of the Month!" One of the ways I did that was to play an audio show from Classics for Kids and create a slide presentation to help visualize the information given in the audio. If you would like to present the information to your kids at home, I have compiled some links for you!
Classics for Kids show - Dvorák
Google Slide Presentation to show while listening
Another activity that I loved was playing a Beethoven's Wig recording of a composer's work!
In this case, Humoresque #7!
There is also a great
online activity from Carnegie to explore the music of Symphony no. 9
Another extention to Symphony no. 9 is to teach the song
"Goin' Home."
(from Wikipedia: The theme from the Largo was adapted into the spiritual-like song "Goin' Home", often mistakenly considered a folk song or traditional spiritual, by Dvořák's pupil
William Arms Fisher, who wrote the lyrics in 1922.
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- If you only pick 2 songs to focus on teaching your children, I would make sure they are familiar with Humoresque #7 and the 2nd movement from Symphony no. 9 (Largo)
For a YouTube playlist of selected Dvorak songs recommended by
Ambleside Online,
click here!
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