Let's Learn About Russia!
This month in music class, our culture focus is Russia! We're learning all about the basics of the country, traditional folk instruments, storytelling, and more!
This week, we started with the basics: where is Russia, and what are some of the country's features?
Russia is HUGE! There are 9 times zones in the country, and it has many awesome land features, including the Siberian tundra. The tundra has long winters and cold summers--keeping its secondary layer of earth (called Permafrost) permanently frozen under the ground.
Today we learned that Russia has many interesting animals in the tundra and surrounding areas--including foxes, and snow leopards!
We also found out about the Kremlin--the official residences of the president of Russia--and looked at traditional Russian dress.
Discussing Russia in music class wouldn't be complete without learning a little about Peter Tchaikovsky--who learned to play piano at 5! We discovered that he wrote over 169 pieces of music including The Nutcracker Suite and Swan Lake, both of which we listened to!
We also had fun dancing with scarves today--check out the pictures below!
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR CHILD:
1) What are the colors in the Russian flag? Red, white and blue
2) Can you name any of the animals in Russia? Snow leopard, fox (to name a few)