Homeschool Classes

LOOKING FOR TEACHERS in the following subjects: Art, Guitar, Geography, History, and Science for late elementary/early middle school and Math for middle and high school. Please contact Sara Beth if you are interested in teaching any of these subjects at our gym. Classes typically meet 1-2 times per week September to May.

Welcome to the Chelsea Homeschool Academy where learning is a fun and enjoyable way of life. We’re excited to offer a variety of educational classes for a variety of ages and grade levels spanning your child’s homeschool career in the Chelsea and Shelby County community. Our classes build on one another from year to year giving you the well-rounded education you want and deserve. We offer a few subjects including foreign languages and electives. You can choose a la cart so whether you’re interested in one class or many, we have a spot for you.

You can expect a low teacher to student ratio. Lower elementary classes are limited to six students per class while upper elementary to high school are limited to eight students so your children receive the attention and time they need in order to be successful and maximize their learning opportunities.

We have two payment plans to choose from. Pay for the semester or pay for the school year for your deepest discount.

Registration is open from spring to September for the first term if space allows. Registration for the second term is open until January if space allows. If you select a waitlist, you will be notified as soon as an opening is available. Waitlists are free and the best way to get in if a class is full when you register.

With a convenient location, drop-off and pickup are easy so you can use your time efficiently while your children are being educated and connecting with their peers.

To reserve your spot in school year classes, please register now*. Payment will be processed after any discounts have been applied for registration in order to reserve your spot.

*Registration now open for 2024-2025 school year.

Fun Homeschool Events

Check out our fun Events and save your spot now! Avoid unpleasant weather, burn off energy, play with friends, make new friends, and enjoy all that our gymnastics gym has to offer. We will add events to the calendar throughout the year, so please check back for more fun opportunities.

Classes may be combined or cancelled and refunded if minimum enrollment is not met.

Homeschool Gym Classes

To view our gymnastics, cheer, tumbling, and ninja classes, visit our Schedule page for a full list.

Educational Class Offerings

Spanish – Beginner, Intermediate, and Adult

Learn a language that will be helpful and useful throughout your lifetime! Enjoy the benefits of learning another language including more opportunities, boost brain power, better memory, strong recall, reduced stress, easier to learn new things, multitasking, improved non-verbal communication, sharper mind and for longer, improved first language skills, and improved performance in academics to name a few.

Please reach out for adult class options.

Sign Language – Beginner, Intermediate, and Adult

Learn a language that you can use not only to communicate with those who are hearing impaired and/or deaf, but use it in a variety of situations when verbal communication may be too challenging or less effective. Enjoy the benefits of learning another language including more opportunities, boost brain power, better memory, strong recall, reduced stress, easier to learn new things, multitasking, improved non-verbal communication, sharper mind and for longer, improved first language skills, and improved performance in academics to name a few.

Please reach out for adult class options.

Music – Beginner and Intermediate

Do you want to learn about music? In our music class offerings, you will learn about rhythm and sound, instruments, and much more!

Objectives for Ages 5-8: 

• perform a steady beat with instruments/sound-makers.
• demonstrate the difference between singing and speaking voice.
• listen and move to show soft/loud and high/low.
• listen to music intended to tell a story. 
• listen and identify rests in music.
• identify quarter notes and quarter rests.
• sing in unison at different dynamics and tempos.
• perform call and response.
• recognize music that is fast and slow.
• identify pitches that are high and low.
• identify half notes and half rests.
• identify notes on a line or a space.
• clap the steady beat to music.
• sing in a round.
• sing do, re mi fa so  la ti and do using hand symbols.
• show the direction the notes go (up, down, stay the same).
• recognize soft (piano) and loud (forte) in music.
• identify whole notes and whole rests.
• identify a barline in music.
• sing music in fast (allegro) and slow (adagio) tempos.
• sing and play simple rhythmic or tonal patterns by reading simple notation. 
• define the following music elements: repeat signs, verse/chorus. 

Objectives for Ages 9-12: 

• identify eighth notes and eighth rests.
• name the notes from middle C to A on the treble clef staff.
• sing and play simple rhythmic patterns by reading simple notation.
• recognize music in 4/4 time signature.
• recognize music that is major and minor when hearing it.
• recognize woodwind and brass instruments and describe how the sound is made.
• describe similar and different characteristics of music from different areas and time periods of America.
• create simple melodies.
• match pitch while singing.
• sing one octave (do to do), using hand signs.
• perform a steady beat at different tempos.
• demonstrate forte, mezzo forte (mf) and mezzo piano (mp) dynamic levels.
• identify music of various styles.
• visually identify instruments of the string family.
• recognize soprano, alto, tenor, and bass voices and describe how the sound is made.
• compose a simple melody phrase using correct musical symbols and terminology.
• compose simple rhythmic patterns.
• perform vocal works with pitch and accuracy.
• understand and explain how instruments are made and produce sound.
• understand and relate to different styles of music.

Tuition

The tuition payment schedule for educational classes is as follows:

• Tuition due upon fall term registration. It will be processed shortly after registering.
• Class Tuition: $233 per term
• Drops for spring semester required by November 24th. Any drops after November 24th incur a $25 drop fee per student for spring term.
• Tuition posted December 15th for spring term
• Cash and check payments for spring term due by December 15th
• Tuition processed December 20th for spring term

2024-2025 Class Schedule

Fall Term: September 9th-January 17th   Spring Term: January 21th-May 16th

Small classes, individual attention, excellent teachers! Music Classes are Coming Soon!

Class Time	Educational Classes
Monday
11:30-12:30	Intro to Sign Language Ages 8-12
12:35-1:35	Intro to Spanish Ages 8-12
1:40-2:40	Intermediate Spanish
2:45-3:45	Intermediate Sign Language
Wednesday
1:40-2:40	Intro to Sign Language Ages 13-18
2:45-3:45	Intro to Spanish Ages 13-18
Thursday
11:30-12:30	Intro to Music Ages 8-12
12:35-1:35	Intro to Music Ages 5-8
1:40-2:40	Intro to Sign Language Ages 5-8
2:45-3:45	Intro to Spanish Ages 5-8

Registration

Registration Fee is $35 per year. Your second child is $30, and each additional child is $25 with a family maximum of $100.

Discounts

Prices listed are term rates. You receive discounts when you pay for the school year. All discounts are applied after registration. Each child and/or class may receive a single discount.

School Year: Save $36 per student paid at the beginning of the school year.

Multiple Classes: Save $9 each per term on additional classes.

Multiple Children: Save $9 each per term on additional children.

Referral Program: You and the family you refer save $5 each one time when they register and pay for classes and list you as the referral during registration. You both must be a current or registering family in good standing to receive the referral discount.