Feast of Ideas Music Class 2023-2024

 

Update -

K - 3rd - 1 spot open

4-6 - class is full (contact to be put on the waitlist)

Looking for a mini-co-op, music class, opportunity to make new friends? Come check out my Feast of Ideas Music Class!

(REGISTRATION AT BOTTOM OF PAGE)

Class: Day, Time, Grade

22 weeks of classes; 11 in the fall, 11 in the spring: MONDAYS

  • Kindergarten through 3rd grade: 11:00 - 11:45 - outdoor music class

  • 11:45 - 12:45 - Lunch & Recess all together

  • 4th through 6th grade students: 12:45 - 1:30 — outdoor music class

*Class size (Maximum: 12 students)

Cost

$240 tuition for the year ($5 off tuition for each additional sibling)

  • installment payments optional

  • If after first class, you find it is not a good fit, a full refund is available.

  • no refund available after 2nd class and onward

  • **Option - there will be a sign up for 1 - 2 parent helpers per week (covering class & lunch period). Parent helpers will receive a $5 refund on their tuition for each week they are the parent helper.

$10 classroom workbook (required)

Payment Options (Tuition due by August 30th)

  • Cash

  • Check (made out to Beth Smith)

  • PayPal (paid to gracealone1356@yahoo.com)

BAsic Logistics

Lunch 11:45 - 12:45 - pack a lunch and stay for lunch and recess in my backyard between classes

Parents are welcome to drop off students, hang out with other parents in the backyard, or sign up to be a class helper (tuition discounts available to class helpers)

Classes will meet at my house (Rosedale, MD 21237). Weather permitting, the Elementary Music class will meet outdoors in my driveway.

Elementary Music Course Description

  • Weekly Lesson

    1. 1) Music Instruction - songs and activities that introduce, instruct, and practice notes, rhythms, beats, pitch, ear training, and sight singing

    1. 2) Composer Study - learn about composers from a variety of times and places through their MUSIC, READ ALOUDS, FOOD, and MAPS

    2. 3) World Culture Music - learn folk songs and musical concepts from around the world through a variety of games

  • Kodály inspired methodology: Tunefulness / Beat-fulness / Artfulness (expression and movement, improvisation and composition)

  • General music education: Sequentially presented skills, Age/grade/developmentally appropriate, Repetition and practice to build mastery

 
 

Registration Form

 

Calendar

8-28

*9/4 - LABOR DAY - No Class

9/11

9/18

9/25

10/2

*10/9 - FALL BREAK - No Class

10/16

10/23

10/30

11/6

11/13

11/20

**WINTER BREAK**

3/4

3/11

3/18

3/25

*4/1 - EASTER BREAK - No Class

4/8

4/15

4/22

4/29

5/6

5/13

5/20