Harmony Fine Arts-Art and Music Appreication Program

All About Harmony Fine Arts

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Harmony Fine Arts Website

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Why Harmony Fine Arts?

My Story

The idea behind this program came from my own home schooling experience. I was always searching for a plan for picture study and composer study. It seemed simple enough to do myself but I just never did it. I also wanted to use the classical style and Charlotte Mason's ideas for our art and music. I wanted all the great resources organized in the four-year cycle of history. I wanted it to be flexible and easy to use. I never found what I was searching for so I decided to do it myself!

What exactly is Harmony Fine Arts?

How to Use the Plan

The plan includes a week by week schedule, materials and supplies list, and an explanation of how to implement our suggestions.

Purchase the books from our website directly, borrow them from the library, or use online resources given in the year plans.

After you receive your plan, decide which materials and options you wish to use, and gather your art supplies, you are all set. Each week you can open your plan and enjoy great art and music!

How Much Does It Cost?

Far less than you think

Each year plan for grades 1-8 is $19.95 plus postage.

Each art appreciation plan for grades 9-10 is $9.95 plus postage. (grades 11-12 will be available soon)

Music appreciation for high school is available for free as a PDF download from the website.

We do offer a bundle price of $59.95 for four years purchased at one time:
Grades 1-4 $59.95 plus postage
Grades 5-8 $59.95 plus postage

Price includes the week by week plan. You will need to purchase the resources separately.

See each year plan to see exactly what you will need to order.

Reviews of Harmony Fine Arts

What do other people think about this plan for art and music appreciation?

The Old Schoolhouse Magazine Review: Read the magazine's review of Harmony Fine Arts

Art Appreciation

Three Different Options per Year

Option One schedules an artist and list of recommended paintings for picture study. All the paintings are found on the internet for easy viewing.

Option Two schedules an art appreciation book and short follow-up activities.

Option Three schedules art postcards and themed coloring books that correspond to the artist or time period.

Music Appreciation

Composers

The plan acquaints you with the major composers by offering book suggestions to go along with the listening schedule. You may choose to only follow the plan to listen to the suggested composers.

Art and Music Appreciation in 3 Levels

Which level do I want?

Grammar Level: Grades 1-4

All plans in the grammar stage will outline exactly what to do each week with a variety of options. The grammar stage is a basic introduction to the great artists and composers. Students will view artwork, talk about art, and have a chance to explore various art supplies. The music plan offers a wide variety of composers to listen to and learn about each month.

Logic Level: Grades 5-8
The basic logic stage plan introduces the child to the instruments of the orchestra, artists and composers in a chronological order, and art skills in drawing, water coloring, and with polymer clay. Depending on which option you choose in art, these objectives will be covered in varying degrees.

Rhetoric Level: Grades 9-12
The basic plan for the rhetoric stage is to cover art history chronologically using the Story of Painting by Sister Wendy Beckett, the Annotated Mona Lisa, and online viewing. Music appreciation is planned out using the Classical Music Experience and online listening. There are also optional plans for using Artistic Pursuits Sr. High Book 1 and 2, Sketching with Pen and Ink, and Acrylic Paints.

For all year plans, see the specific grade for a description of what is covered and what materials and resources are used.

Books that Inspired this Plan

The whole idea for Harmony Fine Arts grew from trying to put together a plan for art and music appreciation that would use the history cycles from The Well-Trained Mind. I wanted my art and music study to correspond to the four year history cycles. I also wanted to make it possible to have picture study in the style of Charlotte Mason for each of the artists so I needed a plan that put down the artist along with four pieces of their art for my children to view. I wanted the same well thought out plan for composer study.

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Harmony Fine Arts: Grade One

Introduction to Art Appreciation and Composer Study

This year does not follow the history cycle of The Well-Trained Mind. Read the link below for a full description.

Grade One Description: Details of the year one plan
Resources used with year one of Harmony Fine Arts: Would you like to see what books and CDs I plan out using grade one? Here they are with direct links to Amazon.com
Sample Plan: Grade One-page one
Sample Plan: Grade One-page two

Harmony Fine Arts: Grade Two

Year Two in the History Cycle: Medieval/Early Renaissance

Grade Two Description: Details of the year two plan
Grade Two Resources: Would you like to see what books and CDs I plan out using grade two? Here they are with direct links to Amazon.com
Sample Plan: Grade Two

Harmony Fine Arts: Grade Three

Year Three in the History Cycle: Late Renaissance/Early Modern

Grade Three Description: Detailed description of year three.
Grade Three Resources: Would you like to see what books and CDs I plan out using grade three? Here they are with direct links to Amazon.com
Sample Week: Grade Three

Harmony Fine Arts: Grade Four

Year Four in the History Cycle: Modern

Now grade four includes blank notebook pages to use for your artist study!

Grade Four Description: Detailed description of what year four plans for you.
Grade Four Resources: Here is a list of the books and CDs that are planned out for year four. You can go directly to Amazon.com for more information.
Sample Week: Grade Four

Harmony Fine Arts: Grade Five

Year One in the History Cycle: Ancient History

Grade Five Description: Details of the year five plan
Grade Five Resources: List of resources used with the year five plan
Sample Plan: Grade Five

Harmony Fine Arts: Grade Six

Year Two in the History Cycle: Medieval/Early Renaissance

Grade Six Description: Details of the year six plan
Grade Six Resources: List of resources used for year six
Sample Plan: Grade Six

Harmony Fine Arts: Grade Seven

Year Three in the History Cycle: Late Renaissance/Early Modern

Grade Seven Description: Details of the grade seven plan
Grade Seven Resources: List of resources used in the year seven plan
Sample Plan: Grade Seven

Harmony Fine Arts: Grade Eight

Year Four in the History Cycle: Modern

Grade Eight Description: Details of the year eight plan
Grade Eight Resources: List of resources used in year eight with links to Amazon.com
Sample Plan: Grade Eight

Are you convinced and ready to buy Harmony Fine Arts?

Each year plan is $19.95 plus postage.

Each art appreciation plan for grades 9-10 is $9.95 plus postage. (grades 11-12 will be available soon)

Music appreciation for high school is available for free as a PDF download from the website.

We do offer a bundle price of $59.95 for four years purchased at one time:
Grades 1-4 $59.95 plus postage
Grades 5-8 $59.95 plus postage

Price includes the week by week plan. You will need to purchase the resources separately.

See each year plan to see exactly what you will need to order.