Good morning, welcome back to our series sharing Homeschool Resources: Foreign Languages & Music is the resources I’m sharing with you this morning. I would like to ask you to check out the websites and let me know if you’ve use these or not.
As for Charlie and I we haven’t had the opportunity to check any of the resources out but we want to soon. Beginning with Incredibox. Would you like to join Charlie and I as we check the resources out and learn more about this resource for Music.
Rosetta Stone Homeschool Online
Designed with your child’s success in mind, Rosetta Stone Homeschool is an effective way to bring a Foreign Language curriculum home, providing long-term retention and a critical lifelong skill in today’s world.
Chinese-Tools.com– Grades 5-12, with parental supervision
This ad-supported website offers online lessons to learn basic Mandarin Chinese.
Lessons include audios, reading, speaking, and writing practice, vocabulary, grammar, and writing exercises. Implementing the “10 Minutes a Day” method, lessons include:
- Words in both pinyin (transliteration of Chinese into the Latin alphabet) and Chinese characters
- Guides to pronunciation and grammar mechanics
- Downloadable MP3 audios of vocabulary and conversations
- Lesson related exercises
- Practice drills for memorizing Chinese characters
Also included on this website are:
- A Chinese dictionary
- Chinese annotation tool
- Chinese-pinyin editor
- Chinese text convertor
- Step-by-step instructions to create artwork using traditional and Chinese brush painting
- Chinese calligraphy
- Chinese songs which include lyrics and downloadable MP3 audio
While visiting this website, check out the fun “Chinese Name” tool to see your name in Chinese characters. Although this site is meant to be used as a supplement with a regular language curriculum, there is plenty of educational opportunities here to spark interest in the Chinese language.
Meet The Masters offers seven different artist tracks and three different age levels to suit your needs. Each track covers five different artists, or you can choose the seven-pack bundle to study all of the 35 art masters.
Incredibox-All grades, with parental supervision
Become the conductor of a group of animated human sound machines and express your musicality through this free, fun, and easy-to-use interactive program. Sponsored by a graphic design and mixed media studio, Incredibox lets you record your music composition to share with friends.
When you get to the site, click the TRY WEB VERSION button and then select from versions:
- Alpha
- Little Miss
- Sunrise
- The Love
After making a selection, click the “i” information circle at the right to see the HELP menu and understand how it works. When you are ready, press the PLAY button. You’ll see animated male characters. Drag and drop different effects, beats, melodies, and voices (from icons located below the animation screen). As you drop them onto the character, it will dress the character in a new outfit and demonstrate the effect. Continue until you create a musical piece that appeals to you.
Click the three-line menu circle at the left to explore the Reset, Auto, and Record buttons. It takes a little experimentation to get proficient at creating compositions, but the fun is in exploring and testing the possibilities.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
