November 4th, 2009 by admin
Welcome to Wave Music Studio!
Wave Music Studio, based in the Phoenix Metro Area (Glendale, Peoria, Phoenix, Surprise) in Arizona, offers private lessons on a variety of instruments in your home, or in our studio, and music and art classes for the homeschooled student.
Private Music Instruction
Wave Music Studio offers private lessons on a variety of instruments in your home, or in our studio.
- Piano
- Clarinet
- Saxophone
- Trumpet
- Trombone
Get More Information About Private Music Instruction
Music and Art Classes
Also available are classes for the homeschooled student, providing group general music and art instruction. The music course introduces children 6-11 to composers, musical form, music notation, music theory, and more. Each and every class offers sound educational experiences, while being jam-packed with fun! The art course introduces students 8-14 to drawing techniques, watercolor, pastel, charcoal, and colored pencils. Each school year also includes unit studies of famous artists, with hands-on projects that help them to better understand the techniques and working process of that artist.
Get More Information About Homeschool Music Classes
Contact Andy Fling, (Wave Music Studio Owner) by Phone – (623) 876-4046
MakingMusicFun.net | Creative Resources for Elementary Music Education
In 2007, we expanded our educational goals, to include free internet based music resources for teachers and kids around the world. Whether it’s premium graded sheet music for the beginning through intermediate student, creative and fun music theory arcade games and worksheets that reinforce the basic principles, or composer biographies and worksheets that introduce students to the music of the masters, MMF! has it. Today, we gladly welcome more the 146,000 people each month to our website.
Our Mission
We know that children learn more when they are having fun. With this in mind we’ve jam-packed our resources with the stuff that makes kids smile, though never miss their intended purpose of building kids up in positive ways and enriching their lives with an appreciation for music and learning.
MakingArtFun.com | Creative Resources for Elementary Art Education
In May of 2009 we expanded our educational goals again, this time including free internet based art resources for teachers and kids around the world. Looking for free coloring pages, drawing lessons, or artist biographies and worksheets that are just what you need to make your next art lesson a success? MAF! has just what you need.
Our Mission
We know that children learn more when they are having fun. With this in mind we’ve jam-packed our resources with the stuff that makes kids smile, though never miss their intended purpose of building kids up in positive ways and enriching their lives with an appreciation for art and learning.
StorehouseBuilder.com | A Beginners Guide to Building Passive Income on the Internet
In November of 2009 we added a website designed to provide people with information about starting an internet-based home business with limited start-up costs. StorehouseBuilder.com is designed for the complete beginner, and shares many of the same resources that have allowed us to build successful businesses online. The purpose of this website is to provide you with a blueprint for success, eliminating the expense of the trial-and-error process.
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide free resources for families to build passive income through internet-based businesses with minimal start-up costs.
MicrolightAircraftEnthusiast.com | A Microlight Aircraft Pilot Guide
In January of 2012 we added a brand new website for the ultralight/microlight aircraft enthusiast. MicrolightAircraftEnthusiast.com is a concise guide for individuals interested in exploring the world of light sport aviation. Topics covered include instruction, cost of ownership, rule and regulations, and more.
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide quality information to individuals that are new to, and interested in, the sport of microlight/ultralight aviation.
January 15th, 2012 by admin
We’ve added yet another website to our family of educational sites – MicrolightAircraftEnthusiast.com.
In January of 2012 we added a brand new website for the ultralight/microlight aircraft enthusiast. MicrolightAircraftEnthusiast.com is a concise guide for individuals interested in exploring the world of light sport aviation. Topics covered include instruction, cost of ownership, rule and regulations, and more.
The complete sitemap follows:
Home
What is a Microlight
Aircraft?
Microlight Aircraft
Safety
Microlight Aircraft
Lessons
Microlight Aircraft
Licenses
Where to Fly
a Microlight Aircraft
Microlight Aircraft Clubs/Organizations
Microlight Aircraft
Ownership Cost
Microlight Aircraft
Manufacturers
(Ready-To-Go/Kits)
Microlight Aircraft
Plans
(Build Your Own)
Microlight Aircraft
Recommended Books
Microlight Aircraft
Gallery
We hope you enjoy your visit to MicrolightAircraftEnthusiast.com.
November 6th, 2011 by admin
Our free resource art site, MakingArtFun.com, features the biographies of our major artists, along with a collection of printable resources and lesson ideas that make learning fun!
We’ve just added a new free lesson plan to supplement your study of Michelangelo. A master sculptor, Michelangelo, is famous for his sculpture of David and his Pieta (a sculpture of Jesus after his crucifixion, laying on the lap of his mother Mary). This lesson will introduce kids to sculpture, as they create a subtractive process sculpture with a bar of Ivory soap!
What You Need:
Ivory Soap (Bar)
Butter Knife
Toothpick
Goldfish Soap Sculpture | Lesson
October 24th, 2011 by admin
Our free resource art site, MakingArtFun.com, features the biographies of our major artists, along with a collection of printable resources and lesson ideas that make learning fun!
Need a few ideas to teach your kids about the life and art of French modern artist Henri Matisse. We’ve got ‘em. Start by reading the biography to get acquainted with Henri Matisse, and then click and print these fun and free lesson resources.
Biography
Henri Matisse was born on December 31, 1869 in Le Cateau-Cambresis in Northern France. His parents, Emile Matisse and Heloise Gerars, owned a general store where they sold household goods and seed. Henri was their first son. As a young man, Henri traveled to Paris to study law. In 1889 he returned home to work in a law office as a clerk. It was around this time that he had an attack of appendicitis, which required surgery. To make the long recovery more enjoyable his mother gave him a paint box. It was then, at the age of 21, that Matisse discovered painting and decided to become an artist…
Read more on MakingArtFun.com
Matisse Word Search Worksheet
Try a free printable word search worksheet that is actually designed to help your kids read better.
Henri Matisse Word Search on MakingArtFun.com
Color a Matisse Masterpiece
Print and color a free coloring page of Matisse’s Woman with a Hat (1905).
Woman with a Hat from MakingArtFun.com
Draw a Matisse Masterpiece
Add a drawing project to your lesson plans. This line drawing is easy to recreate, and a great way to get connected to the artist. Don’t worry… it’s easy. Just click, read the directions, and draw.
La Pompadour: Drawing Lesson on MakingArtFun.com
Art Masterpiece Cookie
Try making an art Masterpiece cookie. Art has never been this delicious!
Henri Matisse | Cookie Masterpiece lesson on MakingArtFun.com
Materials
4″ Sugar Cookies
Cookie Frosting
Food Coloring
Popsicle Sticks
Meet the Artist Job Application
This free printable artist worksheet is a fact-based worksheet in the form of a job application that your students can fill out for the artist of your choice. It’s a great alternative the a study guide.
“Meet the Artist” Job Application | Worksheet
Desktop Wallpaper
Download a desktop wallpaper for Henri Matisse’s Woman with a Hat from MakingArtFun.com. Every trip to the compuer will be like a visit to the art museum.
Woman with a Hat Desktop Wallpaper from MakingArtFun.com
October 22nd, 2011 by admin
Our free resource art site, MakingArtFun.com, features the biographies of our major artists, along with a collection of printable resources and lesson ideas that make learning fun!
Painting the masterworks of our great artists is an awesome way to introduce kids to, and help them connected with art and the artist that create it. The following projects are easy and rewarding. We hope you enjoy these resources.
Here a list of the watercolor supplies you will need to get started:
Watercolor Paints
Invest in an inexpensive student watercolor set – either tubes or pans.
Watercolor Paint Brush
Your watercolor set may come with a paint brush. It not, a no.8 round brush is a great one to get started with. Student brushes are available in natural hair, synthetic or a blend or both. Natural hair brush are always the better choice because the hold more water.
Watercolor Paper
Watercolor paper is heavier than computer paper so that it can take a soaking. You can buy inexpensive paper, though make sure it’s 90lb. or 140lb. weight, so that it will stay flat when it gets wet.
Watercolor Pallet
A paper plate covered with plastic wrap, or a white plate, will provide a wonderful first pallet on which to mix your colors.
Watercolor Projects
Each of the following watercolor projects are ideal for elementary/jr. high art students, or anyone want to learn a few basic skills.
Degas Ballerina
This art project introduces the art of Edgar Degas (1834-1917). Following a step-by-step approach, students will learn basic watercolor painting techniques as they paint an excerpt from his “Ballerina.” The lesson provides kids with an opportunity to experiment with dry brush technique.
The Singing Fish (Miro)
This art project introduces the art of Joan Miro (1893 -1983). Following a step-by-step approach, you’ll learn basic watercolor painting techniques as you paint an excerpt from his “The Singing Fish.”
Sunflower (Van Gogh)
This art project introduces the art of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). Following a step-by-step approach, you’ll learn basic watercolor painting techniques as you paint an excerpt from his “Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers.”
The Girl with the Pearl Earring (Vermeer)
This art project introduces the art of Jan Vermeer (1632-1675). Following a step-by-step approach, you’ll apply basic watercolor painting techniques, including wet-on-dry wash and glazing, as you paint his masterpiece “The Girl with the Pearl Earring.”
Three Musicians (Picasso)
This art project introduces the art of Spanish Modern artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Following a step-by-step approach, you’ll learn basic watercolor painting techniques as you paint an excerpt from his cubist masterpiece “Three Musicians.”
Beasts and the Sea (Matisse)
This art project introduces the art of Henry Matisse. Following a step-by-step approach, you’ll learn basic watercolor painting techniques, including how to create a flat wash, as you paint an excerpt from his “Beasts and the Sea.”
October 22nd, 2011 by admin
Our free resource art site, MakingArtFun.com, features the biographies of our major artists, along with a collection of printable resources and lesson ideas that make learning fun!
Want to give your kids the opportunity to discover their inner Picasso? It all begins with connecting kids with great resources that engage them and teach them what they need to know to succeed.
Here’s five fantastic Picasso-centered art projects/activities from our site and others, that are sure to excite your young artist. Start be introducing your child to Picasso with a biography about his life and work. Then dive into the activities.
Hey Kids, Meet Pablo Picasso – Biography for Kids
Pablo Picasso was born on October 25,1881 in Malaga, Spain. He was the first child of Don Jose Ruiz y Blasco, an art teacher, and Maria Picasso y Lopez. At an early age Pablo showed an interest in drawing. His first words were “piz, piz”, which is short for “lapiz”, the Spanish word for pencil…
Paint Your Own Picasso – Interactive Activity
Paint Your Own Picasso is an online activity that provides kids with cubist facial features that they can drag to the pre-drawn face, and then arrange until it looks perfect. When your masterpiece is complete you can print it.
Mr. Picasso Head – Interactive Activity
Mr. Picasso Head is another online resource for kids, providing them with graphics to drag, drop, and arrange their own cubist-style portrait. Change the colors, or resize, flip or rotate the features. When your masterpiece is complete, sign it, and add it to their Gallery.
Picasso Art Masterpiece Cookies
Art has never been this delicious! This project gives kids a chance to turn a sugar cookie in cubist style art.
Materials:
4″ Sugar Cookies
Frosting
Food Coloring
Popsicle Sticks
Icing Bag
Create a Cubist Montage
This art project helps kids to understand that cubist art works show the same thing from several sides at the same time. Kids will create a cubist work with magazine clippings, assembling and gluing eyes, hair, noses and lips from multiple angles.
Materials:
Photographs of People
Scissors
Glue
Paper for Base of the Collage
Colored Pencils, Markers, or Paints
Acrylic Varnish
Paintbrush
Picasso Self Portrait | Coloring Page
Make it simple. Grab you crayons and print this free printable coloring page of Picasso’s self portrait. Encourage your kids to observe the colors and brush patterns in this work, and reproduce it as best they are able.
Picasso’s Three Musician’s Watercolor Project
This watercolor project is a printable step-by-step introduction to the art of Pablo Picasso. It offers basic watercolor painting techniques, while guiding students in the painting of the harlequin musician from Picasso’s Three Musicians of 1905.
Materials:
Watercolor Paints
Watercolor Paper
Watercolor Paint Brush
Pencil
Cup of Water
Paper Towel (to blot those unexpected mistakes)
Have fun!
October 22nd, 2011 by admin
Our free resource art site, MakingArtFun.com, features the biographies of our major artists, along with a collection of printable resources and lesson ideas that make learning fun!
Need a few ideas for an art lesson on French modern artist Georges Seurat? Here’s a guide to few few of our resources, as well as links to one of our favorite educational resource sites – GardenofPraise.com.
Biography
Georges Seurat was born on December 2, 1859 in Paris, France. His father Antoine Chrysostom Seurat was a native to Champagne, and his mother Ernestine Faivre was a Parisian. He also had a brother and a sister, Emile and Marie-Berthe.
Read more on MakingArtFun.com
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Jigsaw Puzzle
Try working an online jigsaw puzzle of George’s Seurat’s masterpiece A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. It’s a fun way to get kids more familiar with great works of art. The virtual puzzle pieces can be rotated to provide a greater challenge for older students.
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Jigsaw Puzzle from GardenofPraise.com
Georges Seurat Coloring Page
Grab your crayons and color George Seurat’s Famous pointillist masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884).
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte | Coloring Page from MakingArtFun.com
Georges Seurat Word Search Worksheet
Print and solve a Georges Seurat free printable word search worksheet. It’s a fun way to review the most important stuff about Seurat’s life and work.
George Seurat Word Search Worksheet from MakingArtFun.com
Georges Seurat Study Guide Worksheet
After you have read the biography on GardenofPraise.com, follow it with a 7 question free printable worksheet. Questions include, “What island had a great influence on Seurat’s work?” and “What pet does the woman with the black umbrella have on her leash?”
Georges Seurat Study Guide from GardenofPraise.com
October 21st, 2011 by admin
Our free resource art site, MakingArtFun.com, features the biographies of our major artists, along with a collection of printable resources and lesson ideas that make learning fun!
We’ve just added five artist biographies, free printable worksheets and a new art project. We hope you will learn from and enjoy what we have created for you.
Meet the Artist Biographies
Hey Kids, Meet Hieronymus Bosch
Hey Kids, Meet Michangelo
Hey Kids, Meet Wassily Kandinsky
Hey Kids, Meet Paul Klee
Hey Kids, Meet Claude Monet
Printable Meet the Artist Biographies
Hey Kids, Meet Hieronymus Bosch
Hey Kids, Meet Michangelo
Hey Kids, Meet Wassily Kandinsky
Hey Kids, Meet Paul Klee
Hey Kids, Meet Claude Monet
Word Search Worksheets
Build reading skills with our free printable artist word search worksheets. Let your students know how many words there are to find, and then ask them to complete the word search by identifying and circling the keywords found in the biography.
Hieronymus Bosch | Word Search
Michelangelo | Word Search
Wassily Kandinsky | Word Search
Paul Klee | Word Search
Claude Monet | Word Search
Art Project for Kids
Students will be introduced to the art of Renaissance artist Michelangelo, and will recreate an excerpt of his Creation of Adam from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and learn about subtractive process sculpting as they carve a goldfish from a bar of Ivory soap.
Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam | Lesson
Goldfish Soap Sculpture (Michelangelo) | Lesson
Have Fun!
October 21st, 2011 by admin
Our free resource music site, MakingMusicFun.net, features premium sheet music that bridges the gap between children’s technical skills and musical aesthetics. We call our sheet music arrangements “premium” because each piece that finds it’s way on this site meets a very high standard – it must be as good or better than anything available – not just on the web – but anywhere!
We have just added Coventry Carol, an Old English carol for Intermediate/Level 2 Piano Solo. We hope you’ll enjoy practicing and performing our new edition.
Download Coventry Carol for Piano Solo
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October 21st, 2011 by admin
Our free resource music site, MakingMusicFun.net, features premium sheet music that bridges the gap between children’s technical skills and musical aesthetics. We call our sheet music arrangements “premium” because each piece that finds it’s way on this site meets a very high standard – it must be as good or better than anything available – not just on the web – but anywhere!
We have just added an original patriotic work -We Love You America for Intermediate/Level 2 Piano Solo. We hope you’ll enjoy practicing and performing our new edition.
Download We Love You America for Piano Solo
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October 21st, 2011 by admin
Our free resource music site, MakingMusicFun.net, features premium sheet music that bridges the gap between children’s technical skills and musical aesthetics. We call our sheet music arrangements “premium” because each piece that finds it’s way on this site meets a very high standard – it must be as good or better than anything available – not just on the web – but anywhere!
We have just added Moonlight Sonata for Intermediate/Level 5 Piano Solo. We hope you’ll enjoy practicing and performing our new edition.
Download Moonlight Sonata for Piano Solo
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