Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Halloween crafts from Activity Village...
For more Halloween origami projects, click HERE and scroll down a bit.
For other Halloween crafts from Activity Village, click HERE.
Spooky Classical Music for the Season!
My 11 y/o and I visited the web site Classics for Kids on Monday, where we learned about several composers who conjured up some spooky-sounding music! Actually, we learned about one in particular and are saving the others for later in the week. We listened to the Classics for Kids show about Igor Stravinsky...Igor is rather an appropriate name, don't you think?
Stravinsky composed that controversial piece, The Firebird. Back in Stravinski's time, this style of music was considered quite shocking as, up until that period, the music was melodic and sweet and didn't have the whirling quality of songs like The Firebird.
To hear the Classics for Kids show for Halloween, click HERE.
For more "Musical Mayhem" brought to you by NPR, go here to see their top five!
Free Carschooling Newsletter!
Flying Fish Car from The Toymaker
Author Diane Flynne has a web site based on her best-selling book Carschooling. She offers a free newsletter that includes a monthly "carschooling calendar" as well as product reviews and resources. When you sign up for her newsletter you will immediately receive a free multi-level carschooling games and activities chart!
Check it out!
Mango Math Wednesday Word Problem...
Picture from Castles.org
A square castle is surrounded by a square moat whose width is 10 yards. A knight is attempting to cross the moat, but only has two 9 1/2 yard planks, and no way to fasten them together. How can the knight bridge the moat?
Don't forget to come back tomorrow for the answer!
Source: Mango Math
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