Let's Play Music

Classes are held weekly and start in late August. This year (2025), classes will start August 19. there will be two 1st Year classes: one on Tuesdays from 11-11:45, and one on Tuesdays from 12:30-1:15. Depending on a lot of things, I will consider opening a class on Wednesdays as well. Let me know if this would be beneficial to you.

Red Balloons, the first semester of 1st Year, will start on August 19 and wrap up in mid-December. Blue Bugs, the second semester of 1st Year, will begin in January and finish in April. There are no classes the week of Thanksgiving or the week of Spring Break (Boise and West Ada both have the same Spring Break this year, so we will take off the week of March 16-20). There are no classes over the summer

I only teach 1st Year during the school day. At this point, it works better that way for me and my family. For 2nd and 3rd Years, there are always after-school class options.

*Tuition is $70/month for 8 months of classes for three years, or $280/semester for two semesters of classes for three years. Tuition is payable directly to me, and the first tuition payment is due the first day of classes. You get to choose if you pay for the semester all at once or in installments (due on classes #1, 5, 9, and 13).

*There is a $25 registration fee payable to me when you first register for each of the 3 years.

*There is an $91 materials fee payable to the LPM Company when you register for 1st Year. (The materials fee for 2nd Year is $72 and 3rd Year is $79.) Each year has a lower materials fee for siblings who already have access to certain materials.

When you are ready to sign up for classes, I send you a link with registration details. You enroll on the company's site and pay the materials fee at that time. The company sends me your student's materials and I will have them ready for you on the first day of classes.

Let's Play Music is designed with the idea that parent involvement and bonding enhances learning exponentially! During 1st Year, parents (mom or dad ideally, but sometimes an aunt or grandparent or somebody else can have a go... a grownup who loves your kid) get to come to class on every odd-numbered lesson. During Parent Days, I always have specific things and activities for the students to do with their grownups to make it a special and fun time. It also helps parents to know what's going on in class to be able to re-create the play and learning at home. The even numbered "Kid Only" weeks are just as important to give the kids independence and the chance to learn appropriate interactions with their peers without a parent overseeing everything. By having days when parents come and days when they' don't, we foster the benefits of both! Siblings are not invited to attend on Parent Days unless they are young enough to stay in a carseat or wrap. Once they start interacting, they become more exciting than I am and distract from class. I totally understand the difficulty of finding childcare. The benefits of coming to class with your student every other week are absolutely worth it! During 2nd and 3rd Years, Parent Days still happen, but they are only about once a month rather than every other week.

My studio is in my home in Northwest Boise, close to Hill and Bogart. It is in a great room on the 2nd story of my home, so there is a set of stairs to go up. During 1st Year, the classroom is wide open with two learning areas. We rotate between the two areas in each class. During 2nd and 3rd Years, I have keyboards set up in one of the learning areas, and we still rotate between the areas, having time both on the keyboards and on the floor doing more active things.

There is a cat named Kenya who lives at my house. She is nice and will allow being softly pet by the kids if she is around. She can go outside or come in, so no worries if she is at the door when you're going through. But because of allergies, you need to know she is around. She does not come to class, but she does leave her hair and dander. If that's an issue for you and your family, be sure to have some zyrtec or benadryl handy. If it's a bigger issue that zyrtec or bendadryl can handle, another studio will be a better option for you.