These February Music Study Resources will help make planning music class fun for your kids and easy for you!
Your homeschool music class doesn’t just have to be about music. There are easy ways to incorporate music into your homeschool by partnering it with another subject.
One of my favorite ways to bring music into your homeschool is by combining it with literature. Music and literature have always gone hand in hand for me.
20 February Music Study Resources
Living Montessori Now has some great book-inspired music studies with activities that make it easy to prepare and add to your school day.
Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (this is also a book)
Casey at the Bat (find the book here)
Another great way to incorporate some music into your homeschool days this month is for Valentine’s Day. There are so many songs out there about love that it should be easy to find some that your kids will enjoy.
If you’re looking to make a fun unit around the “love” theme, check out this Valentine’s Day Lessons: A Lovely Afternoon of Art and Music from Homegrown Learners.
Or you could do some fun composer studies or notebooking pages for the composers who were born in February.
Some composers you might want to study are:
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy – most known for A Midsummer’s Night Dream and the Wedding March
George Frediric Handel – most known for The Messiah
John T. Williams – most known for Star Wars episode 1, as well as many other movie soundtracks
You could also do some fun song studies with movement and actions relating to the holidays in February.
Groundhog’s Day Song with Lyrics
Kindergarten Valentine’s Day Songs
Just for You: Valentine’s Day Song (piano solo and sheet music)
Music can stir up many emotions, which is part of the fun. Does it make them feel happy, sad, excited or peaceful?
Encourage your children to explore those emotions as they listen to the music. Have them get up and act out what they hear in the music or just move how they want.
With cold weather looming across the country, this is a perfect time to incorporate some movement into your studies!