New York: Feiwel and Friends/ MacMillan.īased on the poem Over in the Meadow, this picture book will certainly be read and sung multiple times. ReadWriteThink offers a lesson plan idea entitled “Artistic Elements: Exploring Art through Descriptive Writing.” Also, read Julie Dannenberg's posts "Teaching Tips: In Writing, Nothing is Wasted" and "Teaching Tips: The 'Fast and Furious' First Draft" on the Engage blog. Teachers will find activities to extend this book at Kids Study Art. Additional information about the artist is found appended at the end of the book. However, on this particular day, he fails to note the tides and he is completely washed up in the incoming high tide, supplies and all! Small, boxed paragraphs at the bottom of each page provide factual information about Monet, his life and work.
He is especially concerned with the light and the absolute correct time of day for the perfect lighting conditions. He uses local children to help with transporting all the painting materials that he needs. Told in first person and taken from his own writing and letters to his fiancée Alice, Monet talks about gathering his easels and paints and art supplies and hauling them all to the oceanside to paint. In the fall of 1885, Impressionist painter Claude Monet was staying at the coastal resort of Etretat, France. Karen Hildebrand, Ohio Library and Reading Consultantĭanneberg, Julie. Teachers might like to use the information about Vivaldi on Classics for Kids with a piece of the composition “The Four Seasons.” Author notes at the end provide the back story about this little known incident in the life of the famous composer. The jewel-tone pastel illustrations add to the richness of this fairy tale-like story. On the following day when she picks up her daily scores to transcribe she discovers Vivaldi’s new concerto, The Four Seasons, based on the thoughts in her poem. One day, Candida accidentally leaves one of her poems written along the sides of Vivaldi’s work in the sheets of music.
His musicians were the orphan girls from the school and they played behind a dark curtain during performances above the audience thus giving them the impression of an invisible orchestra. Each day the young orphan girl, Candida, copied and transcribed Vivaldi’s work from his written scores onto sheets of music for his musicians. New York: Henry Holt.Īntonio Vivaldi was the music master at the Ospedale della Pieta, an orphanage in Venice in the eighteenth century. This week the International Reading Association Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group (CL/R SIG) shares recent titles around the theme of the arts.Ĭostanza, Stephen. Drama, music, dance, and the visual arts strengthen students problem-solving and critical thinking skills, add to overall academic achievement and preparation for the work world. Through the arts children can express, communicate, explore, imagine, and learn about culture and history.
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