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Homeschool Elementary Music Class

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Homeschool Elementary music classes can range anywhere from 10-20 students in a class. Classes are 1 hour long and the cost is $350 (August-December or January-May, a total of 14 weeks including Thanksgiving Break and Spring Break). 


General music classes are for elementary-aged kids (K-5) and are centered around having the same experience they would in a public school setting. Each grade level will have its own lessons and experiences with music. Having a consistent music schedule will help your child exceed in their virtual and homeschool studies and help with being at home.
 

The following are some of the different objectives you can expect your child to learn at each grade level through multiple different activities. All grade levels will include songs and lessons that are culturally diverse, correlate to academic studies, and have students sing, say, dance, and play in a tuneful, beatful, artful way: 

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Kindergarten/1st grade (ages 5-7)

  • Feeling the beat in different types of music and time signatures (Let's skip to the beat)

  • Solfege (Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do)

  • Basic rhythms (what they feel like)

  • Exploring musical elements through Laban movement

  • Arioso (improvisation and confidence building)

  • Call and response

  • Simple songs

  • Pitch recognition (Low, High)

  • Echo Songs

  • Movement (can you sing and move?)

  • Dynamics (loud and soft)

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2nd/3rd grade (ages 7-9)

  • Solfege correlation with tradition notation

  • Basic rhythms traditional notation

  • Correlating warm ups to songs (practicing 4/4 time and learning a song in 4/4 time)

  • Call and Response (ear training)

  • Basic Songs

  • Movement with music

  • Drum circle chants

  • Form analysis (AB and ABA)

  • Musical Vocabulary

  • Exploring musical elements through Laban movement

  • Creating a story through music

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4th/5th grade (ages 9-11)

  • Notation reading

  • Correlating how rhythms sound to how they look.

  • Correlating warm ups to songs (practicing 4/4 time and learning a song in 4/4 time)

  • Call and Response (ear training)

  • More complex songs with meaning and value

  • Movement with music

  • Ensemble playing

  • Singing on pitch and with correct vocal technique to most songs

  • Creating and teaching songs and movements

  • Exploring band and orchestra ( what they look and sound like)

  • Aurally identifying instruments and sounds

  • Exploring musical elements through Laban movement

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