Music
Homeschool your Student with Self-Paced Acellus® Music Courses
Homeschool Music Curriculum
Many children are naturally passionate about music. The melodies, rhythms, tones and instruments appeal to their innate curiosity and wonder. Whether your child enjoys performing or experiencing music, homeschool music class may prepare them for a career such as performing, sound engineering, producing or managing a record label. Learning about music can foster essential creativity, self-expression and social interaction, while making your child’s educational experience more fun.
Recognizing the emotional, cognitive and social benefits of a musical education, Power Homeschool offers four core Acellus® music courses for homeschoolers. Each course has unique features and covers specific topics to help your child enjoy learning.
Importance of Music Education in Homeschooling
Music is an excellent elective to add to your child’s homeschooling curriculum. Studies show that music engages brain regions that govern cognitive function, memory, sensory-motor processing and emotions. Self-reported music achievement and hours of practice also improve emotional competence, enhancing resilience, problem-solving and self-development.
A homeschool music curriculum can benefit your child in multiple ways.
- Creativity and self-expression: Musical creation offers a wide range of styles to try, encouraging young learners to express their feelings, thoughts and ideas.
- Cognitive development: Learning to read music and understand notation strengthens students’ neural connections and improves their spatial reasoning, memory and cognitive skills.
- Social skills: Music classes for homeschoolers may allow children to socialize and cooperate with others in online group lessons and virtual ensembles, strengthening social skills by working together, supporting others and giving and receiving feedback.
- Emotional intelligence: Singing and playing instruments gives children a healthy outlet for identifying, expressing and regulating their feelings.
Power Homeschool Music Courses
Power Homeschool is the official provider of hundreds of Acellus® courses for homeschoolers. Our extensive curriculum equips students with the skills to achieve their academic goals and plan for their careers.
Acellus® music classes include Foundations of Music, Music Appreciation and Advanced Placement Music Theory. Explore what these courses offer and how to customize your child’s music curriculum with Power Homeschool.
Foundations of Music
The Acellus® Foundations of Music course helps students develop a comprehensive understanding of music, including what it is, which instruments belong to different families, musical genres and styles, sound fundamentals, musical periods and composers.
Foundations of Music may be an excellent choice for elementary or middle school learners who are curious to learn more about music’s influence on culture. As students explore periods of Western music and the different instruments and genres, they enhance their musical creativity and enrich those around them.
Music Appreciation
Power Homeschool offers two Acellus® music appreciation courses for your child — Introduction to Music Appreciation for elementary students and the Music Appreciation elective for high school students.
These classes are an immersive journey through the rich heritage of music, from the Renaissance period to the 20th century. Your child will learn about the intricacies of the most influential pieces and select composers of various musical eras.
AP Music Theory
Advanced Placement Music Theory can be an excellent choice for high school students who want to pursue a music-related career and already have a comprehensive foundation in music theory. Here are some of the covered topics within this course:
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- A review of music fundamentals
- Learning about compound meters and minor tonality
- Expanding knowledge of triads, intervals and seventh chords
- How to connect melodic and harmonic intervals
- Learning about diatonic sequences
- Preparing for the AP Music Theory exam
What Makes Acellus Courses So Effective
PRISM DIAGNOSTICS
Prism Diagnostics® identifies specific deficiencies in students’ understanding of core concepts and responds immediately with Customized Personal Instruction (CPI) videos for that precise deficit. The result is that every student receives personalized instruction – right at the moment when they need it most.
Vectored Instruction™
Vectored Instruction™ enables students to master foundational skills they are missing that are prerequisites to success in their current course of study. Vectored Instruction fills in the gaps while keeping students within their credit-level course, enabling them to complete their coursework with passing grades and get on track for graduation.
Power Homeschool Success Stories
Power Homeschool has helped various families and students excel through Acellus® courses. A flexible and self-paced curriculum lets parents offer their homeschooled children the specialized attention they need. It has also helped some families pursue their passion for travel. Students can take their classes and complete their coursework from anywhere with an internet connection, freeing your family from the traditional school schedule.
Another advantage of Power Homeschool courses is that they build valuable study skills. For example, our curriculum helped triplets with dyslexia overcome their academic struggles and improve their reading abilities, allowing them to work independently and confidently at grade level.
The Power Homeschool program lets you combine curricula and other learning programs to fill learning gaps in your child’s existing homeschool or public school learning program.
Why Choose Power Homeschool?
Let’s explore the unique features and advantages families love about online learning with Power Homeschool.
- Flexible and self-paced: All our courses let students to learn on their schedule and at their preferred pace. Students also have the flexibility to choose from hundreds of Acellus® courses.
- Caters to different learning styles: Everyone has a unique learning style that allows them to absorb information. For example, visual learners may retain video lessons, while kinesthetic learners understand concepts better through hands-on activities. Power Homeschool learning programs offer helpful resources to cater to those learning styles.
- Extensive resources: We also have resources to assist students in different situations. For example, when a student has issues grasping a concept, Acellus® may notice this and provide specialized videos to teach misunderstood concepts.
- Parent and student support network: Power Homeschool provides resources such as an official support group for homeschool parents to ask questions and receive tips and advice. Parents may also access helpful articles and resources for homeschooling assistance, allowing students to maximize their academic achievements.
- Caters to different needs: If your child is a fast learner who loves being ahead, Power Homeschool offers advanced courses to enrich their academics. Acellus® courses also provide essential resources for students who need extra help understanding challenging topics.
At-Home Music Classes From Power Homeschool
A music curriculum for homeschool may enhance your child’s creativity and love of learning. Power Homeschool has valuable resources, flexible courses and a self-paced program to help students thrive.
With hundreds of core and elective courses to choose from, students develop essential skills and prepare for fulfilling careers. Enroll with Power Homeschool today to enrich your child’s music knowledge.