Our children have taken piano lessons each year that I've been homeschooling, so that has been their music curriculum. But, yesterday I brainstormed with a friend of mine ideas for music this year for her kids in grades 1 and 2. Here was my idea: Make a composer notebook. Study one composer a week. 1. For each composer, read a biography on http://www.classicsforkids.com/ or http://makingmusicfun.net/htm/mmf_music_library_meet_the_composer_index.htm These are very brief. Then, find a past episode of Classics for Kids on the composer to listen to with your children. 2. Making Music Fun has a composer job application. You could also make your own if there are other details you want your children to record. 3. There are coloring pages dot to dots and word search worksheets for the composers on Making Music Fun. 4. Look at this page for other...