Ways to Foster a Love of Music in Your Family | Episode 328

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Do you want your kids to love music (and make joyful memories together)? In this episode from the archive, Carole Joy Seid shares relaxed and creative ways to add classical music to your homeschool—no stuffy lessons or stress required! This episode is chock-full of resources and easy tips for composer study, favorite books, sing-alongs, bible verses set to music, and a balanced idea of when to start formal lessons. With all these resources, you’ll be armed with lots of ideas to make music a natural, happy part of your home.

You’ll hear about:

How to make classical music a natural part of your family’s culture instead of another homeschool subject
Why studying composers chronologically helps children connect music, history, and their faith
Simple ways to help your children develop a lifelong love for beautiful music through everyday listening
Carol’s favorite books and resources for introducing composers, opera, folk songs, and Scripture through music
What research says about the best time to begin formal music lessons—and why later may be better than you think
Why the goal isn’t raising a musician, but giving your children a lifelong relationship with great music

Books mentioned in this episode:

The Gift of Music: Great Composers and Their Influence by Jane Stewart Smith and Betty Carlson
Great Composers by Piero Ventura
Great Artists by Piero Ventura
Seeds Family Worship (music/CDs)
The Verses Project (theversesproject.com)
Psalty: The Singing Songbook (psalty.com; also Kids Praise CDs)
Ludwig Beethoven and the Chiming Tower Bells by Opal Wheeler
Books by Opal Wheeler (composer series)
Books by Reba Mirsky (composer series)
Handel and the Famous Sword Swallower of Halle
Amadeus Mozart by Ibi Lepski
Einstein (book from the Ibi Lepski series)
Leonardo da Vinci (book from the Ibi Lepski series)
Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev
The Nutcracker by Hoffmann, illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger
Aida, retold by Leontyne Price and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
Go In and Out of the Window (songbook with classical art)
Diana Waring’s CDs (Little House song collections; dianawaring.com)
All About Homeschool (online course)