Lapbooking and Music Appreciation - Homeschool in The Woods Giveaway
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 5:00AM
I have had the great privilege of getting to know the Pak family over the past few months.
Are you familiar with their family company, Homeschool in the Woods? If not, you SHOULD BE!
If you love lapbooking, hands on projects, and spending quality time with your children to create a gorgeous finished product, then you must keep reading!
We will be using their Project Passport: The Middle Ages to come alongside Classical Conversations this coming year. You know that I, however, had to check out what they had to offer for MUSIC.
Of course I was using SQUILT with my children for music appreciation, but I also wanted a resource that would let them go deeper to create a comprehensive music lapbook.
*One note: This is a labor intensive resource. My oldest daughter (11) LOVES this. She takes her time with her colored pencils, the cutting, folding, and placing of all the materials. When she is done she will have a work of ART! The creator of the art work, Amy Pak, has spent countless hours on the illustrations and many details. You need to devote the time necessary to do this project justice. And when you do - it is WORTH IT.
If you want to dive DEEP into composers, the orchestra, periods of music, and vocabulary, you will love the Composers Pak. I'd love to share this resource with you today and also give away a digital download of the product!
The Composers Pak Components
Periods of Music
This is a sweet little mini book about the time periods of music.
My plan to is keep this music lapbook accessible to my children as we progress through history, so they can see the music that matches the time period.
Keyboard Vocabulary
Did you notice in the first image of this post the awesome keyboard vocabulary flap lapbook element? It is beautifully done and includes the most prevalent music terms our children should be familiar with to appreciate good music.
Composers Collections and Timeline
There are 42 composers included that fit onto a timeline to be included in your child's lapbook. I think this is my favorite element of the lapbook!
This is a snippet of the timeline - it does go all the way up through Modern Times.
Pieces with a Purpose
These lapbook elements highlight different types of music -- for example, hymns, opera, etc... We are currently working on this part of the lapbook.
*Each of these lapbook sections comes with detailed instructions for assembly and a materials list as well. As I said before, it is labor intensive, but such a valuable hands on project for your children.
Music Appreciation
29 pieces are included in .mp3 format for your listening enjoyement. After listening, your children can fill out basic form (Interesting facts about the piece) and record what they imagine while they listen to the piece, too.
The Orchestra
Your children will learn be able to cut out all of the instruments of the orchestra and place them in the correct seating arrangement in their lapbook.
I wonder how many kids in today's world could do that?
Composers Cards
There are 20 cards, each with a composer and matching famous works. They can be used to play memory matching games and as flash cards for drilling about composers. I love these!
I need to make a confession to you. We have not finished the lapbook yet... since we are on a summer hiatus, we will pick back up with this in the fall. I have all of the completed pieces saved in ziploc bags, and I imagine you will see the finished product in August.
You can see the BEAUTIFUL finished product at Homeschool in The Woods.
I hope you have been able to see what a marvelous product this is for studying music IN DEPTH in your homeschool.
Perhaps you want to make just one year your music year. Vow that you will teach your children about composers, the orchestra, how to listen to music, and different periods of music.
Or, maybe you want to have this resource as a running project that comes alongside the time period in history you are studying.
There are so many possibilities, and I am just thankful to the Pak Family for pouring their hearts into all of their products. I hope you take the time to browse through Homeshcool in the Woods and see what they have to offer.
One lucky reader today will win a digital download of The Composers Pak which includes everything I have shown you in this post. All of the masters, directions, and photos are provided - you must provide your own lapbooking supplies.
The digital download is a $18.95 value.
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Have you missed any of the 5 Days of Music Appreciation Posts?
Day 1: Teaching Music Appreciation in Your Homeschool
Day 2: Listen to Music That Tells A Story: Maestro Classics Giveaway
This post is part of a Summer Hopscotch from the iHomeschool Network. Visit other bloggers to read about more topics that can help you on your homeschool journey!
Reader Comments (76)
I have been eyeing this (and all the timeline packs too!) from homeschool in the woods. I would be thrilled to win one!
Honestly, I would love to do a copy of this lapbook. I keep searching for a way to include music in my homeschool for the kids. I will definitely be checking into this further. Thank you. I had just read about Squilt so this gives me two options to look at. Melissa L.
I like the Old Testament Lap book kit.
I would be interested in the Artists Activity Pak
I have this on my wishlist for our next school year (in the fall)! I saw the link to their website on your blog & I have been making plans ever since. They have some wonderful products! I hope I win! :)
We are going to be using the Colonial Pack this fall & I can't wait! I have had my eye on the music pack as well - I hope I win! :)
As a piano teacher, I love the composers activity pack, but am also interested in the map sets.
My son would love the middle ages kit!
Would love to win composers pack to use with my 5 yr old twins
The artist pack!
I haven't used lap books before. This looks like an amazing resource.
I am wanting to use this next year for my up and coming 7th grade daughter next year. What a blessing it would be to win this.
My son would love the music and artists kits.
This is our first year with CC and would love to add lapbooking as part of our week.
I would love to try this Composers Activity Pak. I have some of the Maps and love them!
It looks very interesting.
This lapbook looks awesome!! I'll go back and read your first posts too.
Everything looks so good! I think I would choose the Time Travelers Colonial Life set.
I have been impressed with all of their products for a long time and we would enjoy most of them. I think my kids wold like the music or artist sets the most.
I've been looking at the products from Homeschool in the Woods since you talked about them a while back. We are doing ancient history this coming year, so a lot of the stuff doesn't apply :( But I'm really interested in the Old Testament Pak (or the Composers Pak). We are using Mystery of History as our spine for ancient history and the Old Testament Pak would go perfectly!
The composers package is something I have had my eye on for some time.
My son is in youth orchestra and would benefit from learning more about the music he plays!
The timeline with each composer of study.
Although we've been doing music appreciation for a while I'd really like to make more out of it . The Composers Pak is definitely at the top of my wish list.
We use Sonlight and already enjoy the timeline figures from Homeschool in the Woods they include with their history cores. I would love to try out the music lapbook you showed here. My daughter's piano teacher is beginning to expect her to learn more music history as we go on with her lessons, and lapbooks just help her to cement things in her memory so well. Thanks for the chance to win!