Mozart

The next book in the Geronimo Stilton series Out of Time (Geronimo Stilton Journey Through Time #8) has fun learning facts about Mozart. So, if your child is loving the Geronimo Stilton books, you’ll love this next hands-on craft with the book.

How about combining Mozart, music, and the adorable antics of Geronimo Stilton?

In the Geronimo Stilton series, The Eighth Journey Through Time sails through 4 different time periods in the book.

What a busy mouse.

Out of Time (Geronimo Stilton Journey Through Time #8) takes your little learner to meet:

• Alexander the Great,
• Queen Cleopatra,
• Sir Francis Drake,
• and todays topic of interest- Mozart in The Court of Vienna.

The way the books are set up, your child can read the whole thing or just choose to start at one of the time periods.

Geronimo meets Mozart and his family and helps them get to the Court of Vienna.

Of course like the other books in this series, it is loaded with fun facts. Also, it has introductions to several instruments, fashion of the time period, and many historical references.

Also, there are a few logic games where your child studies a picture and discover what is wrong. 

These books are aimed at middle to upper elementary, but they are really fantastic for struggling or reluctant readers.

They are not quite a graphic novel and have a fair amount of reading to them.

But it is laid out in such a fun and colorful way that they hardly realize they are learning all wonderful historical facts.

Benefits of Learning Music

Even if you or your child have no musical aspirations music is a great experience and has so many learning benefits.

• Strengthens memory and attention.
• Reinforces important language skills.
• Relaxes and relieves anxiety.
• Improves listening skills.
• Helps learn math skills (quarter, half note, etc and fractions).
• Nurtures creativity.
• Makes you use more of and different parts of your brain.

While you listen to some of Mozart’s music, play a memory game.

Encourage your child to identify the instruments they hear.

They can also listen for when the music speeds up and slows down. What a wonderful way to help you both relax and focus, this can be a great beginning, end, or reset to your homeschool day.

Also, look at these sites:

• Fun Ways to Teach Children Note Values
• Dig a little deeper into learning about Mozart with this YouTube video- History of Mozart  from Bedtime History .

Then, add some fun facts about Mozart.

Marvelous Mozart Facts

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in 1756.
• He wrote his first musical compositions at just 5 years old.
• Mozart could speak 12 different languages.
• He wrote over 600 musical pieces in his short lifetime.
• He was left-handed.
• Mozart wrote his first opera at just 12 years old. 
• Mozart died  December 5, 1791 at age 35, believed from rheumatic fever.

Let’s make a DIY music memory game without the need for any special equipment.

But I do suggest that if you don’t have a paper slicer you grab one.

They are so great for cutting straight lines and very inexpensive. But you can do this with just a ruler and scissors also.

Music Appreciation Activity DIY Memory Game

You will need:

• white cardstock
• colored cardstock
• glue stick
• paper cutter or scissors
• markers

First, cut your white cardstock into 2 ½ ”x 2 1/2” squares.

Again, you can use scissors, but these little paper slicers come in handy dandy for a lot of different projects and are really reasonable.