tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post921159285213572775..comments2023-04-04T04:00:07.027-07:00Comments on All Things Bright and Beautiful: Introduction and Welcome to All Things Bright and Beautiful!!Pattihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16880912530094417878noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post-19221028786682687992017-03-19T05:55:04.309-07:002017-03-19T05:55:04.309-07:00Dear Tracy: So glad you found the blog... I enjo...Dear Tracy: So glad you found the blog... I enjoyed putting it together. I'm in a very busy stage of my life with caring for my Mother so I'm wrapping up a unit then I probably won't post any more but there are several years worth of posts - so I hope you enjoy them. I'm not sure if some of the You-tube music will be outdated, but you could search by the composer or by the title of the piece of music and there should be new posts available. Also, I don't think my playlist is working anymore, but you can often find playlists for the composer of your choice on Youtube - often called, "the best of _____" Blessings! PattiPattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16880912530094417878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post-19811495843588959572017-03-18T17:29:38.327-07:002017-03-18T17:29:38.327-07:00I am so glad to have found your blog. Although I ...I am so glad to have found your blog. Although I "only" have 6 blessings (schooling 5), at times I feel stretched too thin. What a wonderful resource which will cut my research time down significantly. :) Thank you for all of your hard work and willingness to share!Tracy Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07487978496815644462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post-31287102348789009262015-11-22T04:59:06.736-08:002015-11-22T04:59:06.736-08:00I too found you through Practical Pages and am so ...I too found you through Practical Pages and am so happy I did! I can not wait to share this wonderful resource with my little K5er (who loves Classical music already and has recently shown an interest in watercolor paintings???)... I know this will enrich our studies of the fine arts! Thank you so much for taking your time to provide us all with this information!Karr-Full Academyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07369978600871001989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post-16018234467959033772015-02-26T15:31:14.736-08:002015-02-26T15:31:14.736-08:00Hi, Patty! I have just discovered your blog (also...Hi, Patty! I have just discovered your blog (also through Practical Pages). Thank you for all your hard work and all the beautiful music and paintings! I look forward to using this website with our homeschooling. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post-30456022674485207422014-03-14T06:17:13.797-07:002014-03-14T06:17:13.797-07:00Thank you for taking time to leave a comment! The...Thank you for taking time to leave a comment! There is a search button just under the slide-show on the right side, so you can look up composers, artists and poets by name. I am thinking of making a listing of them by date also that could be downloaded, but I haven't had a block of time to work on it yet. I'm so glad you've joined us - hope you find it helpful!! Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16880912530094417878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post-15782689417139958352014-03-13T13:19:10.431-07:002014-03-13T13:19:10.431-07:00I also found your blog through Practical Pages. I...I also found your blog through Practical Pages. I would love it if you had a search button or a list of composers/artists/poets. We are working our way through chronologically, and having such a list would be so helpful. Keep of the lovely work. <br />P.S. The music playing is wonderfully relaxing.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18402361635775270386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post-8088455603206409162014-02-17T13:42:00.966-08:002014-02-17T13:42:00.966-08:00Hi Patti: I found you from the Practical Pages blo...Hi Patti: I found you from the Practical Pages blog. I love the art you have selected and the weekly music and poetry. As we have been on our own pace of studying these things, sometimes faster, sometimes not at all :), I hoped I could utilize what you've done if it matched up with what we're studying now. Have you ever considered posting a list of whom you've covered in past years and months? I know I could look through your archives, but my day doesn't allow for that currently. Thanks so much again!Jenni R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13553999566762521130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post-80649145464086952262013-09-11T15:22:49.917-07:002013-09-11T15:22:49.917-07:00I use one painting, one piece of music and at leas...I use one painting, one piece of music and at least one new poem a week. Sometimes we read random poetry other times besides the one featured on this blog. You could show the painting and talk about it one day and ask them to tell you about it from memory another day. It's nice if the painting can sit out where they can see it and perhaps even compare more than one work by the same artist. One mom said she uses the weekly piece of art as her computer desktop for the week..... :) There isn't a right and wrong - you can do it more often if it suits you and your children enjoy it. But if you do it regularly over a long period of time, even once a week covers a LOT of paintings and at the present rate, four artists per year. I guess if you did it twice a week that would be eight artists per year. But you want the children to get a feel for an artist, composer of poet so that they can sense his work when they see or hear it as well as have an appreciation and memory of particular works. As far as music, I like to let them hear it more than once because it becomes more familiar more easily. It's easy to play a piece while you do something else or even a whole CD by a particular composer. I know that Charlotte expected her students to pay attention in a way that they took things in on the first study. I'm not always skilled enough myself at focusing and taking it all in at once - I enjoy the repeats so I usually only cover them formally once, but may expose them again through the week on an informal basis if we have time. Busy weeks we only get in the one exposure to my blog. We do listen to music other times and often play pieces or composers that have become favorites over time. I'm so glad you are enjoying this with your children!! Blessings! PattiPattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16880912530094417878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post-45472232560522196052013-09-11T12:33:59.895-07:002013-09-11T12:33:59.895-07:00I have found another question: How long do you rec...I have found another question: How long do you recommend studing each painting/ song? Is one blog post a week what's recommended or one a day?<br />Thanks again! (I'm really enjoying using your blog in our homeschool days!)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422561461724308308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post-63537987003567970212013-08-12T13:15:31.425-07:002013-08-12T13:15:31.425-07:00Dear Sarah: I am so glad you found my blog! You ...Dear Sarah: I am so glad you found my blog! You may want to browse through some of the old posts as especially at first there were some fun pieces for children (Carnival of the Animals and Peter and the Wolf are two that my children have especially enjoyed through the years and the entry's from Haydn's creation with wonderful video footage of nature were some of my favorites), but suit yourself - you can just jump ahead to where we are and work with us there, too. I'm presently spending about 12 weeks on one composer, one artist and one poet. We'll be switching again in September. If you have questions or comments please feel free to leave them. Blessings on the journey!Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16880912530094417878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post-8090160750785844202013-08-12T11:09:26.756-07:002013-08-12T11:09:26.756-07:00Oh, my. I have just found you via simplycharlottem...Oh, my. I have just found you via simplycharlottemason. I am near tears!! THIS is what I've been looking for!!!! As a person who did not grow up with classical music OR artist study OR poetry, I am deeply indebted to you and ever so grateful for your ministry here!!!!!! These are some of the ideas I love most about the Charlotte Mason method and yet I had been at a loss as *how* to teach something I never grew up with. You are a huge BLESSING to me and my family. THANK YOU. Ever so much.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422561461724308308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post-9056369629831495952013-02-13T21:51:17.235-08:002013-02-13T21:51:17.235-08:00Welcome!! Thank you for taking time to let me kno...Welcome!! Thank you for taking time to let me know you're here and enjoying my blog. Feel free to leave questions or comments anytime - it's always a blessing to interact with others over the music, art and poetry! Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16880912530094417878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post-39558491388037164822013-02-13T18:41:36.182-08:002013-02-13T18:41:36.182-08:00I am going to start incorporating the Charlotte Ma...I am going to start incorporating the Charlotte Mason method into our home school. I appreciate the time and effort you have put forth on this blog. I am in love with listening to the beautiful music as I explore! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post-29185866957384555122012-10-20T18:25:33.935-07:002012-10-20T18:25:33.935-07:00Welcome Bethany! I hope you find it a blessing. ...Welcome Bethany! I hope you find it a blessing. If you don't care for a given artist, composer or poet sometime - you might enjoy some of the wonderful ones we have featured in the past. Some of my favorite artists are Thomas Cole, Millet, Rembrandt, Joseph Farqueharson and Beauguereau or if you're studying birds you might be interested in Audubon. Some of my favorite composers that we have already featured are Carulli, Handel and Haydn but children often enjoy Peter and the Wolf and Carnival of the Animals. My favorite poets include Amy Carmichael and Emily Dickinson. You can use the search to find these or look to see if we've covered someone you are interested in or just browse back through old posts for something that catches your eye. If you have any suggestions please feel free to contact me. <br />Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16880912530094417878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post-1670857096354885142012-10-20T13:31:52.474-07:002012-10-20T13:31:52.474-07:00I'm glad I found you...I'm a fellow studen...I'm glad I found you...I'm a fellow student of Charlotte Mason! And I'm following you now! http://littlehomeschoolblessings.blogspot.com/Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492653715907756407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-739342454243146125.post-12737976301106978972011-04-03T11:34:40.818-07:002011-04-03T11:34:40.818-07:00I heard about your blog in the BAHA newsletter. I ...I heard about your blog in the BAHA newsletter. I am also a local homeschooler. <br /> I think this is a neat blog that you are creating! I hope to use the resources that you are sharing.<br /> One way that my kids have really enjoyed learning about classical music and the composers is from a CD series called "Classical Kids". Each different CD features a composer with a dramatized story about them and featuring a bunch of their music. My kids love listening to them and now when they here music somewhere else they will say something like: "I think Beethoven wrote that".<br /><br /> Appreciating fine art is something I have had a harder time with. It is easy to get frusterated with all the raunchy stuff out there. I like the ones you have featured.<br /><br /> Thanks again for providing this resource!Abbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842277589160618685noreply@blogger.com