W. A. Mozart has been one of favorite composers to study. There are so many resources to help kids discover this amazing composer who began writing music when he was only a child!
Classics for Kids has great lesson plans and radio broadcasts to help you learn about Mozart in a fun way. Our children love the days we utilize this tool to help us find out more about a composer.
Here are two of our favorite picture books about Mozart:
Getting to know the World's Greatest Composers: W.A. Mozart by Mike Venezia
Mozart Finds a Melody by Stephen Costanza
We loved watching the opera "The Magic Flute" (with subtitles, of course). To introduce the opera we read some of the picture book versions of the opera first. The kids still sing arias from this opera even though we studied Mozart two years ago. Nobody can imitate the Queen of Night like Sarah!
This computer game will familiarize children with the opera as well. A favorite with our kids, it teaches facts about Mozart and hones listening skills.
2 comments:
Do you guys have your instruments there? Did you play anything Mozart-y? ;)
Mozart is my favorite composer, too! He was truly a genius. I wish the movie Amadeus was cleaner so my kids could watch it-it's my favorite movie. It would be neat to contrast him with someone like Handel who was also a great composer but who served the Lord with his talent.
Paul Bowers
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