Sunday, June 18, 2017

Classical music and painting!

Hello everyone!

I know I am running a little behind on my weekly blog, but things have been happening a mile a minute around here! We are very busy busy busy this summer!

I briefly mentioned before that we were spending just a little over a week focusing on classical music and painting for the week. This week, the boys studied various composers and listened to clips of their songs as well. They even learned about a few I had never heard of! We listened to little snippets of classical music throughout the week, but the real fun came when we were able to visit a special program in Arlington that is put on by the Arlington Symphony, which introduces kids to the various instruments of the orchestra and then allows them to have an "instrument petting zoo" and try them out for themselves! We were also able to listen to a professional clarinet player who is a member of the orchestra. Here are a few of the pictures below:








Alex and Juliet really enjoyed trying out all of the different instruments. They also listened to the story "Zin, Zin, a Violin," which is a great story to introduce children to various instruments. It was nice for them to branch out from our usual piano, guitar, and French horn that are frequently played in the summer months at home. My goal is to get each of them playing at least one tune on the piano by the end of the summer.

We ended our fun day in Arlington by enjoying some time at a new playground. We don't leave our town much normally, so it was nice to get out and explore another city for the day. (We also made sure to point out the usual Arlington sites, such as Six Flags, AT&T Stadium, and Globe Life Park.)



I have already showed a few pictures of their paintings for the week, but we continued different painting projects, including some spray painting of our outdoor furniture. My project for the week was adding a little extra pizzazz to our new fire pit.



We checked out a few books about painters at the library as well, and the kids enjoyed learning about Van Gogh, Monet, Renoir, and Picasso.

For the next week, we had Vacation Bible School all week, so our main focus was Gospel music and religious art! Stay tuned!

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