Harmony Fine Arts-Art and Music Appreciation Program
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Homeschool Art and Music Plans
Have you heard about Harmony Fine Arts but need more information? These are art and music appreciation plans that are appropriate for families who are interested in having art pre-planned using simple and inexpensive plans at your fingertips.
The plans 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!
You can always pop over to Harmony Fine Arts once you decide what year you would like to purchase.
You can also check out Harmony Fine Arts Mini-Units for individual artists and composers.
The plans 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!
You can always pop over to Harmony Fine Arts once you decide what year you would like to purchase.
You can also check out Harmony Fine Arts Mini-Units for individual artists and composers.
Why Harmony Fine Arts?
My Story
The idea behind this homeschool art program came from my own homeschooling 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! Plan Explanation and Sample Week
Here is more information on how to get started
These two entries will help you see how to organize your plans, pick options, and order resources and supplies. Also there is a sample week from Grade One showing exactly how to use the options that are offered in Harmony Fine Arts plans. These are some nuts and bolts entries for those wishing more specifics about Harmony Fine Arts.
- Harmony Fine Arts Grade One Sample Week
- Step by step instructions for a sample week of Harmony Fine Arts
- How to Get Started with Harmony Fine Arts Plans
- In this entry I help you organize your plans and get started!
Grades 1-12 Available
Click the buttons below to go directly to each grade.
Harmony Fine Arts Overview Charts
These charts will help you see what time periods and which artists and composers are covered in each level of Harmony Fine Arts.
- Overview Chart
- Grades 1-12 Overview Chart
Art and Music Appreciation - Harmony Fine Arts Grades 1-4 Artists and Composers List
- See the specific artists and composers included in each year plan.
How Much Does It Cost?
Far less than you think
Each printed year plan for grades 1-4and 7-8 is $19.95 plus postage.
Medieval and Renaissance Art and Music: Middle School Level is $17.44 and is available as an ebook at Harmony Fine Arts.
Ancient Art and the Orchestra is $17.44 and is available as an ebook at Harmony Fine Arts.
We do offer a bundle price of $59.95 for four years purchased at one time:
Grades 1-4 $59.95 plus postage (ebook or print versions available)
Grades 5-8 $59.95 (ebook versions only)
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.
Medieval and Renaissance Art and Music: Middle School Level is $17.44 and is available as an ebook at Harmony Fine Arts.
Ancient Art and the Orchestra is $17.44 and is available as an ebook at Harmony Fine Arts.
We do offer a bundle price of $59.95 for four years purchased at one time:
Grades 1-4 $59.95 plus postage (ebook or print versions available)
Grades 5-8 $59.95 (ebook versions only)
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
- Rainbow Resource Center
- Read the review done by the Rainbow Resources reviewers. You can also purchase the Harmony Fine Arts plans from Rainbow Resource.
- Curriculum Choice Review
- Homeschooling mom of four reviews the Grade One plans.
- Review from a Customer
- Follow this link to read a review of the new ebook format for Medieval and Renaissance Art and Music Appreciation-Middle School Level. Hope shares her experience with her first week using the plans.
- Review of a Harmony Fine Arts Mini-Unit
- Jimmie wrote a thorough review of my Harmony Fine Arts Mini-Unit for Degas and Prokofiev.
- Cathy Duffy's Homeschool Review
- Click over to read Cathy Duffy's very thorough review of Harmony Fine Arts. She says in part, "Whatever option you choose, the Harmony Fine Arts lesson plans can make it much simpler for you to ensure that you are covering both music and art. If you also choose a plan that fits with your history studies, you end up creating a unit study that helps student make connections between history and the fine arts."
Art and Music Appreciation in 3 Levels
Which level do I want?
Grammar Level: Grades 1-4All 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 as well as Sketching with Pen and Ink.
For all year plans, see the specific grade for a description of what is covered and what materials and resources are used.
Harmony Fine Arts: Grade One
New Plans! Overview Year
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
- Note About The Oxford First Book of Art
- This book is currently not available on Amazon.com but this link will take you to some places to purchase the book at a reasonable price in the used market.
- Sample Plan
- Grade One Sample
- Sample Week: Specific Options
- Read this blog entry to see how to use your Grade One plans.
- Using Harmony Fine Arts Grade 1 With Preschoolers
- Here are some ideas for using this plan with your preschoolers.
Harmony Fine Arts: Grade Two
Medieval and Renaissance - Ebook and Print Editions Available
- Grade Two Description
- Details of the year two plan
- Grade Two Resources on My Amazon.com Store
- Would you like to see what books and CDs I plan out using grade two? Here they are with direct links to Amazon.com
- Preview and Sample of Weeks 1-4
- Grade Two- Overview, list of artists and composers, sample plans for weeks 1-4.
- Sample Week Illustrated with Details
- This post outlines a complete week of Harmony Fine Arts Grade 2. This will give you a good idea of how the three options work for art and how to include music appreciation in your homeschool week.
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 of Weeks 1-6 of the Plans
- Grade Three
- Grade 3 Sample Week with Details
- This blog entry will show you all the options working together and give you an idea of the depth of these plans.
Harmony Fine Arts: Grade Four
Year Four in the History Cycle: Modern
- 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
- Detailed Sample Week Shown on My Blog
- If you would like to see a week in action, I have detailed a week of Harmony Fine Arts Grade 4 on my blog.
HFA: Ancient Art and the Orchestra-Middle School Level Ebook
Formerly HFA Grade 5
- Ancient Art and the Orchestra Ebook Details
- Want to know more? Here are all the details.
- Ancient Art Preview
- See a preview before you order.
- Ancient Art and the Orchestra - Sample Week in Action on My Blog
- Click over and see what an actual week with these plans looks like on my blog.
- Harmony Fine Arts - Ancient Art Materials Needed
- This link will take you to a complete list of the resources needed for Harmony Fine Arts on Amazon.com
Harmony Fine Arts: Medieval and Renaissance Art and Music: Middle School Level
Formerly Grade Six: Year Two in the History Cycle: Medieval/Early Renaissance
- Medieval and Renaissance Art and Music: Middle School Level
- Read more about this ebook here.
- Order this ebook from Harmony Fine Arts
- $17.44 for this complete year plan in ebook format.
- Harmony Fine Arts Medieval and Renaissance Ebook Preview
- Take a look at the table of contents and a sample from the weekly plans.
- Grade 6 Sample Week in Action
- Take a look at how the options for art work in a specific week using the sample. Also you can see what the composer study looks like in action.
- Review on The Curriculum Choice of this Level of Harmony Fine Arts
- Read an thorough review of this level of Harmony Fine Arts by Tricia from HodgePodge. She uses these plans with all her children ages 4-14.
Harmony Fine Arts: Grade Seven
New Plans! Year Three in the History Cycle: Late Renaissance/Early Modern
- Grade Seven Description
- Details of the grade seven plan
- Grade Seven Resources
- Amazon list of resources for this year 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 for this year plan for art and music appreciation.
- Sample Plan
- Grade Eight
Harmony Fine Arts High School Plans
I now have high school plans for art appreciation that you can purchase and free high school plans for music appreciation.
- Read more about the high school art appreciation plans at this link.
- Grades 9-11 for purchase as ebooks.
- High School Music Appreciation Plans-Free!
- I have simple high school music appreciation plans available for free download on my Harmony Fine Arts website.
Are you convinced and ready to buy Harmony Fine Arts?
Each year plan grades 1-5 and 7-8 is $19.95 plus postage.Medieval and Renaissance Art and Music: Middle School Level is $17.44 as an ebook only.
Ancient Art and the Orchestra: Middle School Level is $17.44 as an ebook only.
We do offer a bundle price of $59.95 for four years purchased at one time:
Grades 1-4 $59.95 plus postage (ebook and print versions available)
Grades 5-8 $59.95 (ebook versions only)
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.
Harmony Fine Arts Mini-Units
Looking for shorter units with one compose and one artist?
These new mini-units will help you conduct 6-9 weeks worth of art and music appreciation, complete with instructions, links, prints, and notebook pages. Click over to the new Harmony Fine Arts Mini-Unit Pages to learn more about them.
Available Units Include:
Van Gogh and Handel
Degas and Prokofiev
Vermeer and Haydn
Available Units Include:
Van Gogh and Handel
Degas and Prokofiev
Vermeer and Haydn
Harmony Fine Arts-Go to the website
- Order Your Plans Here
- Complete information on ordering Harmony Fine Arts is found on our website.
- Order through Rainbow Resource Center-Print Versions Only
- You now have the option to order the Harmony Fine Arts plans directly from Rainbow Resource Center! This can save you on shipping if you are making a big curriculum order.
About Me-Harmony Art Mom
by HarmonyArtMom
I am the creator of Harmony Fine Arts plans for homeschoolers. I have a passion for art and music that I love to share with others.
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Drawing With Children: A Creative Method for Adult Beginners, Too
Amazon Price: $7.99 (as of 06/01/2012)
This book is covered in detail in Harmony Fine Arts Grade 4. I highly recommend this book for children of all ages. You can read more about my plans using this book on my other lens: Drawing With Children.
Overview of Art
Featured in Harmony Fine Arts Grade 1 Plans
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Amazon Price: $19.75 (as of 06/01/2012)
Wonderful introductory study of art history with easy to complete art projects. I highly recommend this book and you can read more about it on my lens: Build Your Own Homeschool Art Curriculum.
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