Director's Details - Fall Break
Classical Conversations of Burien
“Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts. For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.” Psalm 33:1-5 (ESV)
It's also a good idea to evaluate your first 6 weeks and consider what went well and in which areas you may need to change things up. I know I will be doing this! We had a great start to the year but I want us to continue to move forward with strength. There are some scheduling things I plan to tweak and a few areas I'd like to focus more on in the coming 6 weeks.
I'm also beginning to contemplate the holidays and how I will plan for some different learning experiences during that time. Inevitably, our normal schedule is affected by the holiday excitement so this year I hope to have a flexible plan that will allow us to enjoy the holidays instead of stressing that we aren't accomplishing our checklist.
Also, you have two weeks to focus on memory work. In the midst of your rest, consider taking a few days to review the past 6 weeks memory work. Play a game. Listen to the audio while building begin Legos or drawing a picture. Get outside and incorporate some physical activity while chanting some memory work. Changing up your normal routine may make a review time more novel and memorable.
I look forward to seeing you on October 22nd, picture ready and tin whistles in hand!
Many Blessings,
Lynette
Week 7 - October 22
Family Presentation: Christie Family
Childcare: Sara Rehberg
Picture Day - October 22
Music Theory - Weeks 7-12
Director's Salon - October 26
Childcare Help!!
Foundations to Challenge Connection
In Foundations on week 7, your children will begin the study of basic musical notation and apply it to play the tin whistle. They will encounter this study again in Challenge I as they take music theory for a semester and see the connections between music theory and math.
Here are some selections from Caleb Skogen’s article, “Music Notation: Creating a Passion for Music”:
“I am saying that we as a culture, even within Christian culture, are becoming more and more disassociated with music notation and this is slowly informing the next generation of artists and leaders that music notation can be separated from music education or at least be deemed not important.”
“One of the keys to music education is music notation. The ability to read music will only further one’s desire to pursue his or her musical ability within singing or playing an instrument.”
“Artists today, in general, are far more likely to understand editing or mixing software than they are able to sight-read a piece of music. It seems that music notation is becoming more and more irrelevant in today’s pop culture and consequentially, this has made music notation more important than ever.”
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Geography Challenge!
Moms' Latin Club
Diane Streff's House
7-9 pm
Chapters 2-3 of Latin Alive!
Moms' Challenge A Book Club
Diane Streff's House
7-9 pm
Read Number the Stars by Lois Lowry and plan to discuss with the group. Our first meeting was lots of laughs, great insights and fun fellowship...all while stretching our minds and preparing us for our future - educating middle school students.
Mid-Year Review/Christmas PJ Party
1. Organizing a sign up for a potluck brunch and
2. Planning and implementing review games for the community. We will review the first 12 weeks of the memory work. We'll plan for 7 stations - 1 for each area of memory work. The classes will move through the stations, playing the games at each one. They will receive some kind of passport and get stamps for each station. This is meant to be a low stress/grace filled opportunity to review our memory work. For those who may be planning to attempt Memory Master, we may plan for a more challenging review.
Please let me know if you would like to participate in the planning of this fun event!
Memory Master
Classical Conversations of Burien
Email: lynettechang.cc@gmail.com
Location: Beverly Park Baptist Church, 1st Avenue South, Seattle, WA, United States
Phone: 206-890-9882
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