February 25-29 Beethoven

This week we are learning about Beethoven. G has been listening to a Beethoven CD at bedtime for a few weeks now, and is able to identify Beethoven music when he hears it. Yesterday, I played a bit of Fur Elise on his piano and he immediately said, "That's Beethoven!" We've also been reading books on the life of Beethoven and that has been interesting. I figured we'd take this week to learn to count to 10 in German (since Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany), and G surprised me when he could do it by Tuesday. :-) We've worked on handwriting by writing out "Ludwig Van Beethoven" each day, and G is learning where Germany is on his world map.