Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies
12/20/2019
The past weeks before Winter Break have been quite eventful to say the least! The classrooms are all decorated, spirits are high, and our students buzz around the room like sugar plum fairies... quite literally. 'What an excellent opportunity to teach them about the great Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite!' I thought to myself. And thus began my lesson plans. Disney's 'Fantasia' is always a holiday classic. Not only is it adorable, featuring mushrooms that dance along to Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, but it actually educates the students on the topic of classical music! Thus far, we've learned about Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, Dukas' Sorcerer's Apprentice... and many more! Besides learning about composers of the Classical and Romantic Era, we've been giving back and showing our gratitude to our family here at PNA! We've been having card and ornament exchanges, playing team building games, (while listening to our favorite movements of the Nutcracker Suite of course...) and having the occasional snow dance in hopes that we will have a white holiday season once again! It has been a wonderful and much needed break from our studies for us since the Winter Concert... On that note, I wanted to thank all of you who came out to the Winter Concert. These wonderful students worked hard to put on that show and I can't tell you how proud I am of of them all. I look forward to putting together our next show in the Spring! See you all then! Wishing you all a joyous holiday season! -Mr. Bissell Comments are closed.
|
Specialist & Enrichment Teachers Archives
February 2021
Categories |