74: Is $9 a Month Good Enough for a Quality Music and Art Education in your Homeschool?

Can $9/month truly cover a quality music and art education in your homeschool? 🎵🎨
In this value-packed episode of the Music in Our Homeschool podcast, veteran music teacher and homeschooling mom of 8, Gena Mayo, answers this common and honest question with clarity and enthusiasm.

Gena walks you through the Basic Tier of the Music in Our Homeschool Plus membership, now available for just $9/month or $90/year—and shares exactly what's included. Spoiler: it’s worth over $350! If you’ve ever thought music and art education were out of reach because of time, expertise, or cost, this episode is for you.

You’ll get an inside look at:

• 7 full music appreciation courses for elementary and middle school
• A monthly Music Lesson Calendar with clickable daily lessons
• Monthly Fine Art Pages for Charlotte Mason-style picture study

Courses include favorites like:

• 15-Minute Music Lessons
• Learn Classical Music with Cartoons
• American Music for Elementary
• World Music for Elementary
• Intro to Musicals
• State Songs of the 50 U.S. States
• Music Lessons for Holidays & Special Days

With zero prep and flexible structure, this membership makes it easy to bring the beauty of music and art into your homeschool every day—no matter your background.

💻 Ready to start? Visit: MusicinOurHomeschool.com/membership

📩 Have questions? Reach out at Gena@MusicinOurHomeschool.com

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Is $9:month Good Enough for a Quality Music & Art Education in your Homeschool

[00:00:00] Hey there, Harmony Heroes. Welcome to the Music in Our Homeschool podcast. Today I am diving into a big honest question. Is $9 a month really enough for a quality music and art education in your homeschool? I'm asking that because. That is the exact cost that I have changed our Basic Tier of the Music in Our Homeschool podcast to, and I want to show you exactly what you get for $9 a month and why it might be one of the very best investments you can make for your homeschool this year.

If you are a homeschooler looking for ways to easily and affordably include a quality music education in your homeschool, you've come to the right place. This is the music in our homeschool podcast. I'm Gina Mayo, homeschooling mom of eight, a music teacher for over 30 years.

Most homeschool families are overwhelmed. I hear it everywhere. "We want to include music [00:01:00] in art, but we don't have the time. We don't have the expertise, or we don't have the budget, or all three."

I've been there myself, and that's why I created Music in our Homeschool Plus in the first place to give families a simple, affordable, and click and go way to include music and fine arts without any stress. With the Basic Tier, now available for just $9 a month or $90 a year, that's two months free, it's even more accessible than ever. And today I want to walk you through everything you get because you will be shocked at what the Basic Tier includes.

Inside the Basic Tier, you get seven complete elementary through middle school music appreciation courses that are worth over $350 if you were to purchase them separately. These are seven of my top selling courses, and let's take a closer look at them.

15-Minute Music [00:02:00] Lessons is a $39 value. The 15-Minute Music Lessons online course is perfect for busy homeschoolers. These short lessons feature music from all time periods, styles and cultures designed to be completed in just 15 minutes a day. Easy to add to your morning basket or your daily loop schedule.

The second course is Learn Classical Music with Cartoons, and it's a $49 value. This is a kid, teen, and parent favorite. Your students will learn about famous classical pieces as they appear in cartoons like Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and Mickey Mouse, as well as modern animations like Line Rider. It's a fun and engaging way to get familiar with classical music, if that's something you haven't studied before. 

The third course is American music for Elementary, and it's a $49 value. With this online course, your students will be [00:03:00] introduced to composers and styles of American music of the past and present. Learn about composers from Stephen Foster, who wrote the song, "Camptown Races," all the way to Pasek and Paul who wrote the musical, The Greatest Showman. There are 36 lessons, and this is a great course to go along with your year of American history. Each lesson could be completed in a day in about 30 minutes, or you could split the lesson up and spread it throughout the week on two or three days.

The fourth course is World Music for Elementary and it's a $69 value. Travel the Globe through music with one of my personal all time favorite courses. Each lesson highlights a different country or region introducing your child to traditional instruments, cultural dances, songs, and more. This is a perfect complement to a world history or geography course.

The fifth [00:04:00] course is intro to Musicals and it's a $29 value. Your kids will discover the magic of Broadway with lessons featuring the musicals. Annie, The Music Man, The Sound of Music, and many more. Learn the stories and favorite songs of each musical.

The sixth course is called State Songs of the 50 U.S. States, and it's a $49 value. If you're doing a state study, studying American geography, or American history, then you will definitely want to add this course in, so you'll learn each state's official and sometimes unofficial state songs. The lessons are short and fun, and they also include great videos of the songs and information about each state.

And the seventh course is called Music Lessons for Holidays and Special Days, and it's a $79 value. Celebrate the seasons and holidays with themed music [00:05:00] lessons for holidays such as Valentine's Day, Easter, Independence Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, as well as special days like Harry Potter's birthday, National Video Game Music Day, or Dr. Seuss Day. This is a perfect way to tie music into cultural life.

In addition to those seven courses, the Basic Tier of the Music in Our Homeschool Plus membership also includes the specially curated Music Lesson Calendar of the Month. This beautiful monthly calendar has daily clickable links to the music lesson of the day, so all you have to do is click, no prep, no planning, no thinking.

Get your music done with 15 minutes a day with the music lesson calendar of the month. And you get a Fine Art Pages set each month too, so you can organically introduce your children to the great works of art. Again, with no [00:06:00] prep or planning needed. These are ideal for Charlotte Mason style picture study, and are the simplest way to implement art appreciation into your homeschool.

So let's go back to the big question. Is $9 a month actually good enough for a music and art education? If what you're really asking is, will this give my kids meaningful exposure to music, culture, and beauty? The answer is absolutely yes. You will have access to over $350 worth of courses, the Music Lesson Calendar of the Month with different lessons for each day of the week, and a Fine Art Pages set that changes every month. All of this brings you a wide variety of music and art styles, time periods, and world cultures. You can teach music and art confidently even if you've never taken a lesson yourself.

So if you've [00:07:00] ever thought, "I want to teach music and art, but I just can't do it all," then I want to invite you to take a look at the Basic Tier of Music in Our Homeschool Plus, you can find that at MusicinOurHomeschool.com/membership.

For only $9 a month, you'll have everything you need to easily integrate music and fine arts into your homeschool with zero stress and zero extra work. Head over to MusicinOurHomeschool.com/membership and join today.

Thanks for tuning in, my Harmony Heroes, and until next time, keep the music alive. 

Find links to all resources mentioned in this episode here: https://musicinourhomeschool.com/quality-music-and-art-education/