Music Is Forever
Everything you need to know to teach music to your children!
How to Teach Music When You’re Not Musical
is a comprehensive resource for teaching music—
not an instrument—to your elementary and middle schoolers.
Designed for homeschooling!
Teach multiple ages at once!
Lessons require little to no prep!
In this curriculum they’ll learn:
- The science behind sound
- Over a hundred of the most common instruments and how they’re used.
- How music is used in culture
- How music communicates feelings and stories
Plus they’ll encounter several of the most famous pieces of music in history.
Designed for homeschooling, these 100+ lessons can be taught without purchasing ANY additional equipment.
All supplementals are available on YouTube or from the library, and any experiments can be done with common household items.
(And yes, we keep the links updated!)
Lessons for car-schooling days.
Unit study ideas.
Activities to do while listening to music.
Most homeschool music curriculums focus on teaching an instrument—
something difficult to do without experience.
How to Teach Music When You’re Not Musical requires no musical skills whatsoever!
Be Bold
Experiment • Create • Laugh
Your kids will love activities that let them play with music. Experiment and learn with no pressure to perform!
Connect
With Culture and History
Music has been passed down within cultures for as long as people have lived. Understanding music connects us to our ancestors and deepens our understanding of history.
Learn
Together with your Kids
Even if you have no musical “talent” yourself, you can learn while you teach with these short, information-packed lessons.
Understand
How Music Affects Us
In a world where music is everywhere, an understanding of music is more useful than ever for parsing the messages surrounding us.
Even if you can’t carry
a tune in a bucket
You can give your children a music education with this curriculum!
Each lesson tells you exactly what to say, with added sections if you have older students.
5+ years’ worth of learning
and exploration
You don’t need expensive instruments or costly courses for your child to get a comprehensive music education.
This book is all you need for the primary grades.
What does a family with a
Musical Education look like, exactly?
You can make more intentional or even
daring choices in what music you put on.
Or be more aware of the role of music in movies, advertisements, sports events, and in public spaces.
You’ll be more comfortable making mistakes in front of each other.
You’ll be more creative, or have a bigger vocabulary.
You might find new interests and connections
in science or history because of music.
Hi, I’m Stacy Saxton!
I’ve been a music teacher and home educator for over 30 years, and I created How to Teach Music (When You’re Not Musical) to help students understand music without needing to learn an instrument.
