Playing by the book

Reviews of kids' books and the crazy, fun stuff they inspire us to do

Stories in Tune – Swan Lake – Part 2

Last week I wrote about the picture books we’ve been reading as a way into enjoying the music of Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky. As in the past I found the easiest way to get the girls to become familiar with the music was to play them clips from YouTube. The advantage of using these clips, [...]

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What are you doing with the kids this weekend?

Tickets are still available (with better availability at the later concert), so if you liked the sound of yesterday’s Ella Bella Ballerina and Swan Lake and you live in SE England why not head to this treat of a concert. I’d love to be taking M and J to hear it!

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Stories in tune – The Firebird, part 2

In my previous post I discussed the books M, J and I have been reading about various incarnations of the Firebird, as a way in to listening (and dancing) to Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird. In between and after readings we enjoyed several clips of the ballet or the music on YouTube including these: Firebird: Nina [...]

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