Lower Elementary Enrichment Programs

Music

Musikgarten offers comprehensive curricula for children from birth to age nine. Based on meeting the developmental needs of children as they grow, a teacher provides a consistent and thoughtful music-learning plan. Throughout the curriculum, favorite songs, stories and dances are revisited—building on what the child has learned and enjoyed and progresses to more complex music understanding.

Musikgarten-licensed schools send the Family Packets home to enable the child to really learn the songs that make up the core repertoire of the school music program. For the older child, familiarity with the material allows him to engage in complex activities such as dancing, building instrumental ensembles, or playing musical games. Reinforcing the music at home enables the child to experience fully and enjoy all the fun activities that takes place in the music class!!

Bible

Our bible curriculum is “God’s Plan.” We focus on God’s providential work through history, emphasizing Christian values and encouraging each child’s personal relationship with God on a daily basis. The children have weekly bible lessons with basic scripture memorization. Children work with hands-on lessons (Parable boxes) that faithfully pass on the stories and teachings of the Bible. By using an integrated curriculum and an approach to education that focuses on the individual child, the teaching of God’s Word does not become compartmentalized. Rather, a thread of spirituality and bible truths are woven throughout the curriculum and into all aspects of a child’s life. As the child matures, these lessons expand to include Christian characteristics and in-depth studies of key biblical concepts.

Latin

All lower elementary children experience age-appropriate beginning Latin class. GMA desires to provide the students with an understanding of the language that the Romans spoke and brought to Britain, and which was so influential on the development of the English language. Our goal is to help the students understand English grammar, and to extend their English vocabulary, through the study of Latin. Our students begin with the Cambridge University Press publication, “Minimus,” which provides them with an enjoyable exposure to beginning Latin. As the children progress, primarily in the third grade, they begin to study Latin from the Prima Latin series which follows a traditional scope and sequence and is consistent with the grammar, logic and rhetoric stages of the trivium.