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15-Minute Music Lesson on Nursery Rhymes

15-Minute Music Lesson on Nursery Rhymes

15-Minute Music Lesson on Nursery Rhymes Disclosure: I get commissions for purchases made through affiliate links in this post. Today’s lesson is meant to be used in conjunction with Teaching With Nursery Rhymes from Homeschooling Preschool. I am using this fun 100-page activity pack with my kindergarten student this year. It’s perfect for ages 2-6. And…

15-Minute Music Lesson on Dvořák and African American Spirituals

15-Minute Music Lesson on Dvořák and African American Spirituals

Today’s 15-Minute Music Lesson on Dvořák and African American Spirituals is an excerpt from the self-paced online course Music Appreciation of the Romantic Era at Learn.MusicinOurHomeschool.com. (By the way, I tried to limit the lesson to 15 minutes, but there was too much goodness to share! Just play parts of the videos or leave some…

15-Minute Music Lesson about Gilbert and Sullivan

15-Minute Music Lesson about Gilbert and Sullivan

Enjoy today’s 15-Minute Music Lesson about Gilbert and Sullivan. The lesson today is an excerpt from the full 36-lesson course at Learn.MusicinOurHomeschool.com called: Music Appreciation of the Romantic Era for High School. A longer lesson, online quiz, and notebooking pages are included there. Gilbert and Sullivan Sir William S. Gilbert (1836-1911) and Sir Arthur Sullivan…

15-Minute Music Lesson on Charlie “Bird” Parker, jazz saxophonist with free printables

15-Minute Music Lesson on Charlie “Bird” Parker, jazz saxophonist with free printables

Today I have a new really fun 15-Minute Music Lesson on Charlie Bird Parker you! 15-Minute Music Lesson on Charlie Bird Parker Charles Parker, Jr., also known as Charlie “Bird” Parker is an American jazz saxophonist and composer who was born August 29, 1920 and died March 12, 1955. He is also sometimes called “Yardbird.” Parker…

15-Minute Music Lesson for Independence Day with free printable pack

15-Minute Music Lesson for Independence Day with free printable pack

Music is a very powerful influence. Throughout history, we can find songs that were used to spur people and even entire countries to back a cause. Such is the case for the American Revolution. Today we’ll enjoy a 15-Minute Music Lesson for Independence Day and learn about the music that encouraged the birth of a new…