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Schoolhouse Crew: MusIQ Homeschool Review from Adventus

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I remember speaking these words to a friend when we first started homeschooling — “Piano lessons will be a requirement in our homeschool.” 
 
Well, Ben is 12 and so far, I have not made good on that statement. It seems I didn’t consider the cost — both of purchasing a piano and of the lessons themselves. 
 
 
 
 
Adventus  may have just saved my honor. We recently were given the privilege to review MusIQ Homeschool, an award-winning music and piano curriculum designed by music educators specifically for home use. 
 
 
 
MusIQ Homeschool is a seven-year long curriculum, with 7 levels of instruction for the beginner through advance intermediate piano student, using a MIDI piano keyboard and your computer. Adventus supplied me with the entire curriculum for a year, a PDF with Lesson Plans for all levels, and a nice discount on a keyboard to get started. 
 
The most labor-intensive part of the process was getting everything downloaded to my laptop and sync’d with the keyboard. It took a couple of emails back and forth with their customer-service department, but eventually we were able to get started. This gave me a great opportunity to judge the level of commitment to their customers, and I was very pleased with both their response time and easy-to-understand instructions. 
 
MusIQ Homeschool is available as a monthly subscription for $10.95/month. That means your entire family can take piano lessons for less than half the cost of one piano lesson for one student! You are required to have a computer with internet access and a MIDI piano keyboard. If you do not have MIDI enable keyboard already, you can purchase one from Adventus, like I did. The MusIQ Homeschool Lesson Plans are not included in the monthly subscription, however they can be purchased separately. I found them very worthwhile, and would recommend that purchase. 
 
 
The program basically comes in two levels — an early curriculum for ages 4-10 (Children’s Music Journey) and a multi-level curriculum for ages 10 and above (Piano Suite Premier). Because of Ben’s age, we skipped the early curriculum and went straight for Piano Suite. All levels of the program are compatible with Windows, but only Children’s Music Journey is compatible with Mac.
 
Now that all those particulars are out of the way, let me give you a visual of how this works exactly. 
 
 

It’s very difficult to put into words exactly what you’re getting with MusIQ homeschool — it’s like piano lessons, music theory class, and music appreciation all wrapped into one delightful package. It is exceptionally comprehensive. Along with piano instruction, your family will also learn music theory and music history. Using games,activities, tips and tricks, composer bios, and Ben’s favorite part — music from every musical genre you can imagine — Piano Suite is not only a complete music appreciation curriculum, it is fun!

We used Piano Suite as a weekly music lesson in our homeschool. Ben began by learning the importance of finger placement, posture, and rhythm. There is instant audio and visual feedback, so if mistakes are made they can be corrected immediately. No starting out developing bad habits here. Also, practically from the start, Ben was learning to read notes and play simple songs. There’s nothing that builds confidence faster than being about to play a recognizable song fairly quickly!

The well-planned lessons even make suggestions for which games to play when, so anyone can teach piano in their homeschool. But really, this program is so self-guided, your kids will be teaching themselves. Try it for 7 days for free and see for yourself.

 
 

Probably Ben’s favorite part of this program so far is the ability to compose music himself. While he is not nearly knowledgeable enough at this point to do this well, that does not stop him from trying. One thing I have come to realize and appreciate about Ben is that he has quite an ear for music. I always knew he loved it and could sing and dance well from a very young age, but I had no idea that he truly has a musical bent. I’m not sure he knew that either, so we are both grateful to MusIQ Homeschool for helping us discover this so early in his journey.

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