
Awaken wonder through the power of classical music
Children are in need more than ever before of the transformative power of classical music. Born into a world that prioritizes passive consumption and hyper productivity, they need spaces to wonder, to listen, and to be moved by beauty. At Classical Encounters, we create resources that invite children into the rich tapestries, cathedrals, landscapes, and stories of classical music—away from screens and hyper productivity toward deeper attention, more creative imagination, and more profound catharsis. Whether you’re a parent or private educator, you’ll find resources for all ages here that facilitate powerful encounters with one of the world’s richest art forms.
From our flexible membership packages, to a ready-to-go Story of Classical Music Curriculum Kit to themed Listening Guides —everything is designed to sharpen ears, deepen understanding, and awaken wonder in minds and hearts through great music.


Awaken wonder through the power of classical music
Children are in need more than ever before of the transformative power of classical music. Born into a world that prioritizes passive consumption and hyper productivity, they need spaces to wonder, to listen, and to be moved by beauty. At Classical Encounters, we create resources that invite children into the rich tapestries, cathedrals, landscapes, and stories of classical music—away from screens and hyper productivity toward deeper attention, more creative imagination, and more profound catharsis. Whether you’re a parent or private educator, you’ll find resources for all ages here that facilitate powerful encounters with one of the world’s richest art forms.
From our flexible membership packages to a ready-to-go Story of Classical Music Curriculum Kit to themed Listening Guides —everything is designed to sharpen ears, deepen understanding, and awaken wonder in minds and hearts through great music.
Join the Classical Encounters Membership
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Join a growing community of families and educators who care deeply about cultivating homes filled with the beauty of classical music. You’ll gain access to the entire library of curriculum materials and have everything you need to start implementing a robust, engaging classical music education into your child’s life.
Purchase Curriculum Kit
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Ready to dive deep into the rich history of classical music with beautiful materials mailed to you? This curriculum kit contains a textbook, listening journals and a digital library of resources to equip you with everything you need to begin journeying through the story of classical music.




Individual Listening Guides
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Prefer to purchase individual listening guides tailored to specific topics, seasons, or age groups?
Our Listening Guides offer young ages the opportunity to engage with the world’s greatest musical masterpieces from inside the creation process. All of our listening guides are the products of detailed score study, designed to offer engaging listening activities that bring the masterpieces of the classical canon to life while drawing out children’s natural wonder, creativity and imagination.
All guides are available as instant digital downloads or as hardcopies, conveniently shipped right to your doorstep.
Around the Year with Classical Music
These guides reflect the rhythms of the year—bringing rich meaning and joyful tradition into each season and holiday.

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Curriculum
The Nutcracker
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Vivaldi’s Spring
$8.00 – $16.00Price range: $8.00 through $16.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageRated 5.00 out of 5 -
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Handel’s Messiah
$18.00 – $23.00Price range: $18.00 through $23.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageRated 5.00 out of 5 -
Small Printables
A Baroque Winter
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Nature in Music
Deepen appreciation of nature through exquisite works inspired by skies, rivers, oceans, and flowers. Perfect for seasonal learning, these guides explore how composers captured the beauty of the natural world through sound. With geography and natural science connections, they’re ideal for integrated learning.

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Curriculum
Nature in Music: Sky
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Nature in Music: Water
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For Little Ears
Start cultivating your child’s musical ear early with my “For Little Ears” listening guides—filled with high quality coloring pages, simple “circle and draw what you hear” prompts, vibrant visuals, and imaginative narrations. Perfectly designed for ages 3-7, these guides spark curiosity and creativity while fostering a lifelong love of classical music!

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Listening Guides
The Nutcracker: A Color-Along Music Guide for Little Ears
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Musical Storytelling through the Instruments of the Orchestra
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Vivaldi’s Spring
$8.00 – $16.00Price range: $8.00 through $16.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageRated 5.00 out of 5
Learn how Vivaldi sets to music the sights, sounds, and feeling of Springtime in his most famous work through
SMALL PRINTABLES
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Small Printables
July Listening Calendar: An American Kaleidoscope
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Want Access to the Entire Curriculum?
If you’re ready to bring classical music into your family’s life in a consistent and deeply enriching way—membership is for you.
Inside the Classical Encounters Membership, you’ll get:
- Access to the entire library of listening guides and curriculum materials
- New seasonal and themed resources added regularly
- Printables, composer studies, playlists, and activity packs
- A structured but flexible path for teaching music at home
- The joy of a curriculum rooted in academic excellence with story-rich narrations and hands-on activities to inspire wonder and a lasting reverence for beauty in all ages
If you want to add music appreciation into your homeschool rhythm, the membership gives you the tools to make classical music a living part of your family culture.
Praise for Classical Encounters

Our homeschool co-op has absolutely loved this curriculum! I am continuously impressed at how much the children are learning, and how much they retain from week to week. The materials are beautiful and the workbooks are high-quality. The curriculum is set up such that a parent/teacher with little-to-no background in the subject is able to pick it up and present the lesson well. My 9 year old has already asked if we can keep going next year, as she really loves this class. Thank you for enriching our homeschool with this thoughtful, well-presented curriculum! It has been worth every penny!
-Angela, mother of Pre K-8th graders
Classical encounters is an inspiring, multifaceted program that my whole family enjoyed. Each week’s lessons engaged our senses and helped us encounter the rich beauty of the foundations of western music. The program was thorough, conveniently laid out, and easy to follow. This was a perfect addition to our home studies!
-Carrie, mother of 4 children
There is so much beautiful classical music that I want to listen to and share with my children. This program gives an organized and educational approach that I know will leave a long-lasting impression on my family. It's a fantastic way to find beautiful music that you might not otherwise have heard and learn all the history that goes along with it.
-Marisa, mother of 4
Sadie's Classical Encounters music program has benefited our family so much. My homeschooled kids range in age from 6 to 14 and we all learned so much from both the historical and musical components. My personal favorite was learning about Hildegard of Bingen. The art projects were a huge hit too! I highly recommend Sadie's program to all families looking to bring beautiful music and art into their homes.
-Micaela D.
Sadie has developed a beautiful curriculum for introducing children to classical music! My children loved the polyphony coloring pages and I was impressed with the amount of history included in the guide. We all enjoyed painting Notre Dame in watercolors while listening to Sadie's carefully curated selections. The materials are beautifully formatted and easy to follow. This is a sweet way to make memories with your children, and educational as well.
-Lynne W.
I just want to say thank you so much for the beautiful resources you create that have truly enriched my family's education this year. We have learned so much more than we could have imagined and it has truly been a gift to myself and my children!
-Emily
The program is outstanding in style and substance. The lessons are informative, interesting, and inspiring, drawing the students into the rich world--musical and artistic--of each era. The writing is of a high literary quality, and the artwork exquisite. We are very much in your debt.
-Jeanne S.
I am a long time homeschooling mother and I have learned not so spend money unnecessarily on wasted extra curriculum. But Classical Encounters The Story of Classical Music has been a wonderful addition to our Composer and Artist studies. It is easy to pull open and use in a flexible way and all the kids around the table enjoy it. It has helped me grow in my own musical knowledge as a mother. I'm so thankful for this resource!
-Marlon Davis, mother of kids in grades 2, 4 & 7
Codetic
My entire family loves this curriculum! It is beautiful and dynamic. It does a wonderful job of contextualizing the development of music into history and alongside its counterparts like architecture and philosophy. It is as much a pleasure for the adults as the children. Highly recommend this program!
-Rose D.
I have used a variety of different guides in the past, but these are hands down my favorite. Why? Because because as a trained musician, Sadie invites us into her world. We aren’t simply listening to the music; we are appreciating the details she brings to our attention and understanding the how’s and the whys behind the music. We are becoming active participants with the music! All four of my boys would highly recommend these guides as well. They are a huge hit in our home and so easy to use. Keep creating!
-Carla
Codetic
-Rahab R.
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