Hearing Music in Nature
September 22, 2009 by Brenda
What’s your favorite sound from nature?
When I lead my children outdoors to observe nature, my attitude towards the outdoors can be contagious. If I stop suddenly to notice a lone flower or a quirky bird song, my children soon become nature-loving private eyes. Their excitement and curiosity can easily come from my leadership. Sometimes, they even beat me to it and I become infected with the beauty of the nature around me.
Just the other day we were outside and we heard the peckity-peck-peck of a woodpecker. It was like a tom-tom drumming to its own beat. It occurred to me to talk about the sounds of nature that our great composer created for us.
Genesis 1: 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
I want to take some time looking for and listening to the music of nature with my children. I’ve made a list inside my nature journal so I do not forget to listen for the music:
- crunching leaves
- buzzing of bees
- water rushing through a stream
- ocean waves
- grasshoppers
- thunder
- owls hooting
- croaking frogs
- seagulls
- fire crackling
- ducks quacking
- rain falling
- wind blowing leaves
- morning doves
Brenda is a homeschooling mother of 5, who has a wonderful husband encouraging her to be the best woman that God has created her to be. Together they are very intentional about spending time together as a family. She considers her daily life with her children as her ministry and has found many avenues to encourage others to live a lifestyle of learning. She is the founder of an online homeschool community, Our Lifestyle of Learning and a curriculum review site authored by a group of well-known homeschool bloggers, Curriculum Choice. She blogs about their homeschool journey and family traditions at Tie That Binds Us.
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Tracy on Tue, 22nd Sep 2009 1:23 pm
Exactly! Love it.
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Nikki on Tue, 22nd Sep 2009 6:01 pm
When I read through your list it sounds very poetic. I think you have the beginning of a poem:)
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Jimmie on Wed, 23rd Sep 2009 1:42 am
Oh yes! I never realized how important the sounds of nature were to me until I lived in a city. I have a real need to hear insects and frogs at night, birds in the day, and the dripping rain. Thunder excites me too! That’s the wonderful thing about nature, it involves ALL our senses — not just visual.
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