How to Experience the Music of Christmas in Your Homeschool (even if you have no time)

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Do you change up your homeschool work to do Christmas School or at least add in some fun, extra holiday activities in December? If not, you should! Experience the Music of Christmas in Your Homeschool this year, even if you have no time!

I know you homeschool moms are busy. How do I know? Because I am one, and I have 8 kids! Three are in elementary, two are in middle school, and three are in high school. We rarely do music appreciation in our home, and I want that to change.

I have written all my elementary online music courses to be short and sweet, click-and-go, 15-minute music lessons!

And, the new Music of Christmas course is no different.

What’s in the Music of Christmas Course?

There are three years’ worth of Christmas music lessons included in this one course!

Year 1: Christmas Music Lessons (15 lessons)
Year 2: Christmas Traditions From Around the World (12 lessons)
Year 3: Traditional Lessons & Carols (9 lessons)

Each lesson will only take 15 minutes, because who has more time than that during the busy holiday season?

**Although there are some secular Christmas songs included in this course, the vast majority is focused on Christmas as a Christian holiday, celebrating the coming of the Savior Jesus into the world.

Year 1: Christmas Music Lessons:

White Christmas
The Nutcracker
Joy to the World
O Holy Night
Silver Bells
Sleigh Ride
Mary, Did You Know?
Frosty the Snowman
In the Bleak Midwinter
Handel and his “Messiah”
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Silent Night
Carol of the Bells
Santa Lucia
Epiphany/Day of the Kings

Each lesson includes a text lesson, videos, at least one printable, and an online quiz.

See a free preview of “The Nutcracker” lesson here.

Year 2: Christmas Traditions From Around the World

Christmas in Australia
Christmas in China
Christmas in Russia
Christmas in Scotland
Christmas in Germany
Christmas in Italy
Christmas in Spain
Christmas in Sweden
Christmas in Egypt
Christmas in Israel
Christmas in Brazil
Christmas in Mexico

Each lesson includes Scripture to memorize, a lesson about the celebration of Christmas in the country being studied, picture book suggestions, and a craft or art project. (Doing the art or craft project will increase the music lesson time beyond 15 minutes.)

Christmas Traditions From Around the World was written by Kathy L. Gossen.

See a free preview of the “Christmas in Australia” lesson here.

Year 3: Traditional Lessons and Carols

The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols was first celebrated at King’s College, Cambridge on Christmas Eve, 1918. The lessons included here in this course are an adaptation for kids that can be done in 15 minutes per lesson and include reading the “lesson” (from Scripture) and listening to and/or singing the Christmas songs and carols. Additionally, there is a piece of famous artwork included with every lesson related to the Scripture that can be used for Picture Study!

See a free preview of Lesson 1 here.