We like the Charlotte Mason idea of doing a composer study with the kids per term but they’re too young I think to go very in depth. For now we’re going to do a composer a month or so and this first month will be Mozart. I’m having fun exploring this site from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. It has samples of the works and very kid friendly bios. I’m going to let the kids explore the games section later and we’ll add the composers to our timeline.

So notes from the kids about Mozart: When he was five he could play the piano and the violin. When he turned five he started learning how to write his own music and that’s when he became a composer. (From C.)

Mo says: When he was older his music sounded very good. He wrote 106 pieces. (Actually, over 600 pieces.)