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LLMom
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Posted: Jan 24 2006 at 7:58pm \| IP Logged

I read on someones blog that Mozart's 250 b-day is Friday. Anyone have any great ideas for celebrating it? My kids are always up for a party! We will listen to his music while having tea and cake of some sort. Any other ideas?

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Posted: Jan 27 2006 at 6:25am \| IP Logged

Lisa --

Here's a recipe for Kugelhupf (in one of the books we read this week, Mozart had it for his birthday). We'll also make homemade Mozartkugeln by making a batch of marzipan, rolling it into balls, and dipping in melted chocolate (you can also buy the marzipan in the baking aisle).

Mozartkugeln

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Posted: Jan 27 2006 at 6:35am \| IP Logged

We're having Sachertort tonight, with "Happy Birthday, Mozart" written on it.

I'm thinking we'll pull pictures off the internet of Mozart and people with whom he associated, from the Empress Maria Therese, to her daughter, Marie Antoinette, to Bach (whom he met as a child, I believe) and Beethoven, to his father, Leopold Mozart, to the then Pope, the king and queen of England (didn't he stay in London a good while??)and so on. The little ones can color the pictures and everyone can label them. We'll post them in the art gallery (aka the kitchen!)

Better yet, after listening to the various cds about Mozart all this week, I can now ask the children who were some of Mozart's friends and see what they learned!

Kelly in FL

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Posted: Jan 27 2006 at 9:11am \| IP Logged

I found a really neat website on Mozart with samples of his music and a simple biography of his life written engagingly for children here.

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Posted: Jan 27 2006 at 12:14pm \| IP Logged

this just in, from today's Google homepage:

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Posted: Jan 27 2006 at 7:35pm \| IP Logged

Here's a bit on Mozart in Rome.

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