| Place of Interest | Free Admission Times | Membership Fee & Description |
| Memphis Botanic Garden | Wednesdays - Noon until closing (6 pm) | $75 - 2 adults and children under 17 - Reciprocal Admission to AHS Gardens (not Dixon) |
| Dixon Gallery and Gardens | Saturdays - 10 am until Noon | $60 - 2 adults and children under 17 - Reciprocal Admission to AHS Gardens (not Memphis Botanic) |
| Memphis Zoo | Tuesdays - 2 pm until closing with TN Driver's License | $79 - 2 adults and children under 17 - Reciprocal Admission to AZA Zoos |
| Brooks Museum of Art | Home School tours scheduled throughout season Family Days scheduled throughout season Wednesdays - 10am - 4pm Pay What You Can | |
| Pink Palace Museum | Tuesdays - 1 pm until closing (Enchanted Forest, IMAX and Planetarium shows are not included) | $75 - 2 adults and children under 18 - Reciprocal Admission to ASTC Science Museums + free admission to Lichterman Nature Center (Best deal - buy a membership to AR Museum of Discovery - get reciprocal admission at Pink Palace AND Children's Museum of Memphis) |
| Children's Museum of Memphis | None - Coupon Available for $1 off each admission (admission is $10 for each person age 1-100) | $150 - up to 10 people - Reciprocal Admission to ACM Museums - not Pink Palace |
Showing posts with label fine art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fine art. Show all posts
Friday, January 29, 2010
Field Trips
Saturday, January 16, 2010
free classical music from Amazon.com
A nice addition to our classical music library! Amazon.com
offers several different classical pieces for free via MP3 download. There are also other categories in the Free section including songs for children and Christian music. I believe the offerings change out frequently, so check back on a regular basis for more free songs.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
the arts
My goals for my children's learning in the area of "fine art" include appreciation and familiarity of fine art and classical music. I don't really care if they know the exact name of the piece of music or exactly who wrote it, but are familiar with the tune and familiar with the composer's name. As I always enjoy a piece at the symphony more if I am familiar with it, I figure this exposure will increase their enjoyment of the arts in subsequent years as well.
Combining both famous art and classical music, Disney's Little Einsteins provides a
story-line that my children enjoy and fits nicely into our morning "movie time". I don't allow the kids to watch much TV, but after Table Time while I'm getting lunch ready the 30 minutes of entertainment is much appreciated by everyone. I've found the cheapest place to purchase episodes is through iTunes for $1.99 per show.
We are also loosely following the picture study module 2 organized by Simply Charlotte Mason. I've printed on our color printer pictures by Van Gogh that were linked from Ambleside Online's Art Schedule (Van Gogh was on their list for 2008-2009 Term 3). I place these pictures on the inside door of our kitchen closet so that when we are having Table Time and throughout the day the kids can see the picture we are currently studying. Once a week we concentrate on studying the picture. I say the name and the artist and then we'll either play a game where I let them study the picture and then cover it up and ask them questions about it like "What color was the floor? Were there any flowers in the painting?" etc. or we will attempt to copy the painting with colors or paints. Last week I printed an additional copy of the picture and cut it into pieces to make a puzzle. We study each picture about a month to 6 weeks.
We are not doing anything formal in the area of composer study. I have several classical pieces from various CD's organized into playlists on my iPod by composer and sometimes while we're doing arts and crafts or eating lunch, I'll start it playing and just tell the kids, "This music was written by Vivaldi", for instance. If I'm near the iPod and can see the title I'll tell them the title of the piece. It's amazing how much they can pick up just by that simple "background music." Sometimes we play games where I will hum a little bit of a tune and let them finish it.
Combining both famous art and classical music, Disney's Little Einsteins provides a
story-line that my children enjoy and fits nicely into our morning "movie time". I don't allow the kids to watch much TV, but after Table Time while I'm getting lunch ready the 30 minutes of entertainment is much appreciated by everyone. I've found the cheapest place to purchase episodes is through iTunes for $1.99 per show.
We are also loosely following the picture study module 2 organized by Simply Charlotte Mason. I've printed on our color printer pictures by Van Gogh that were linked from Ambleside Online's Art Schedule (Van Gogh was on their list for 2008-2009 Term 3). I place these pictures on the inside door of our kitchen closet so that when we are having Table Time and throughout the day the kids can see the picture we are currently studying. Once a week we concentrate on studying the picture. I say the name and the artist and then we'll either play a game where I let them study the picture and then cover it up and ask them questions about it like "What color was the floor? Were there any flowers in the painting?" etc. or we will attempt to copy the painting with colors or paints. Last week I printed an additional copy of the picture and cut it into pieces to make a puzzle. We study each picture about a month to 6 weeks.We are not doing anything formal in the area of composer study. I have several classical pieces from various CD's organized into playlists on my iPod by composer and sometimes while we're doing arts and crafts or eating lunch, I'll start it playing and just tell the kids, "This music was written by Vivaldi", for instance. If I'm near the iPod and can see the title I'll tell them the title of the piece. It's amazing how much they can pick up just by that simple "background music." Sometimes we play games where I will hum a little bit of a tune and let them finish it.