We have been listening to different classical music almost every week, but most of our focus has been on Ludwig Van Beethoven. I happened on this terrific movie at the library about the little boy in whose house Beethoven rented a room as he wrote his ninth symphony. It not only gave us some insight into Beethoven’s life and personality, but it put the master’s most famous work in a context that the kids could relate to and understand. Ardara was in tears as we watched the last scene, where Beethoven is conducting the symphony and he can’t hear the audience right behind him giving a standing ovation, so someone from the orchestra has to physically turn him around to see that the symphony was a success.
Along with the video was an interactive DVD-Rom that had games teaching notes, games teaching music dynamics such as piano, staccato, forte and so forth. The kids loved it. I knew it had really taken root when Ardara was using Jarnli’s computer on Christmas with Jake DeWester and the Disney page they were on started playing Moonlight Sonata. Ardara called out from the other room “Mom! This is Beethoven!” How many six-year-olds recognize Beethoven without prompting?
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