Grade 3-5 · secular
You'll run one small music activity a week from a script: clapping games, kitchen instruments, listening hunts. Your child tells Clara about it in a five-minute check-in. By the end they hear more in any song than most adults do.
The whole year, in plain English. Tap any unit to see every skill inside, nothing is hidden.
Beat, tempo, dynamics, melody, timbre, harmony, form and rhythm, each learned by singing, clapping and mapping real pieces, ending in a hosted listening concert.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about finding and keeping the beat in any song.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about tempo and how speed changes a song's feeling.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about dynamics: how loud and soft tell a story.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about melody and how tunes step and leap.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about timbre: telling instruments apart by their sound-color.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about form: the repeating floor plan inside songs.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about harmony: two or more notes working together.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about rhythm patterns riding on top of the beat.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about presenting one piece using the listening words.
How strings, winds, brass, percussion and voices actually work (built from rubber bands and bottles), who does what in an ensemble, music traditions from at least four continents, and a curated capstone playlist.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about how string instruments make and change their notes.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about how wind and brass instruments turn air into notes.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about percussion instruments and their many timbres.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about voice types from high to low.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about who does which job in an ensemble.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about drum and pattern traditions from three continents.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about melody traditions from around the world.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about how music gets remembered, written and unwritten.
Do the activity, then show Clara you can talk about defending five playlist picks with real music vocabulary.
From the parent guide
You'll run one small music activity a week from a script: clapping games, kitchen instruments, listening hunts. Your child tells Clara about it in a five-minute check-in. By the end they hear more in any song than most adults do.
Unit 1 · what to expect
Beat, tempo, dynamics, melody, timbre, harmony, form and rhythm, each learned by singing, clapping and mapping real pieces, ending in a hosted listening concert.
The full guide covers all 2 units: where kids get stuck, what to say, and how to tell it's working. Included with the course.
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