A Piece of Classical Music For Halloween

Imagine an underground world of trolls creeping up on a little boy. They are coming faster and faster, louder and louder.

(Spoiler alert, the little boy gets away - but just by the skin of his teeth!)

In The Hall of the Mountain King, written by Edvard Grieg, is a perfect example of how one piece of music can draw a child in, capture their attention, and teach them so much in the process. This piece, through one simple rhythmic theme repeated over and over again (an ostinato), has long been a favorite of children and adults alike.

Through this ostinato Grieg created suspense and intrigue - and maybe even a little bit of fright! He also gifted us with a fabulous tool for teaching children valuable music vocabulary - pizzicato, arco, accelerando, crescendo, and staccato (to name a few).

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This is one of those "mainstream" pieces of music that many of us have heard, but few know the background of. It comes from the larger work, Peer Gynt Suite.

Edvard Grieg was a Scandinavian composer whose music reflected his love for his country. He wrote music in the Romantic Era. 

Using This Classical Music For Halloween

Simply download the lesson below and follow the scripted plans.  It's that EASY! 

When do we use these SQUILT lessons?

• Morning Time

• lunch time

• a dedicated time in our homeschool for fine arts

• ANY TIME

The lesson is designed to introduce your children to the basics of the composer, his piece (In The Hall of the Mountain King), and to build their habit of attention for listening to great works of music. You'll find this is a stress free introduction to the world of Classical Music - and your children will naturally ask you for MORE.

DOWNLOAD THE LESSON HERE

More Classical Music For Your Homeschool

To download more lessons simply visit SQUILT Music, where you can download lessons by musical era, composer, and holiday.

SQUILT makes learning about music easy, fun, and affordable!  

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Goodies to Make with the Kids this Week!

Let me preface this by saying I CANNOT take any credit for these cute little creations. We have wonderful neighbors who live across the street from us who love to bake and share for almost every holiday and birthday. They are the type of family that would do anything for you, and believe me - they have done a lot for our family since we have lived here. Their children are married or in college, so I think they like doing things for young families and spending time with my children. I can't say enough about the value of having neighbors like this! Tonight our neighbor called and said they would like to bring over some Halloween goodies. When I saw their creations I thought I would do a blog post about it, because the ideas are simple and fun!

This ghost is a Nutter Butter, covered with Wilton candy melts, and mini M&Ms for eyes.

The witch's hat is a Fudge Stripe cookie with a Hershey's kiss fastened on with a little frosting... which was then used to make the ribbon on the hat.

The pumpkin is just an Oreo covered with candy melts again, a candy corn stem, and Halloween sprinkles for the face.

The best thing is -- my kids get a dose of making things like this each week. The same neighbor that made us these goodies also keeps my children while I give piano lessons each Tuesday afternoon. She bakes with them, teaches them new card games, plays badminton - last year she even made a terrarium with them! How lucky am I?

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