This year, students may miss the hands on instruction they would normally receive at school within the art room. At 620 art, your child can still receive in person, high quality art instruction from a Texas art certified teacher with over 13 years of public art education experience! Our class sizes are kept small to ensure safety and individual attention. Students will explore art through a variety of processes and media including drawing, painting, collage, printmaking and sculpture. Students also experience fine art by viewing the artwork in our gallery space. Sign your young artist up today at 620 Art Gallery & Studio in Round Rock!

Welcome to Zaragoza Park's Newly Planted Diversity Grove 'Tree ID' Activities Hub

In March 2019, City of Austin Urban Forestry planted more than 60 baby trees, or saplings, comprising 30 species in Parque Zaragoza Neighborhood Park.   Our website and Parque Zaragoza Neighborhood Park provides free educational fun activities for learning more about the park's new Diversity Grove and how to identify trees.  You can use the Grove Tree ID Location Map to identify the 30 various species we have growing in Parque Zaragoza. Many of the new saplings provide an excellent opportunity for children reaching the heights of many of the tree's canopies an up close leaf identification experience.The 'All Things Trees' pdf information pack provides educational and fun facts about all the trees in the park including height, fruit, and various wildlife each tree provides shelter and food for. Make sure to also checkout the instructions and downloadable template for making eco-friendly DIY tree identification signs and other kids activities for all ages.Don't forget to hug one of our 200 year old heritage Oaks too. 

And contact parquezaragozana@gmail.com if you have photos you would like to add of a family or school park event to our website or social media. We would love to share your experience! 

Band Aid School of Music is Austin's premier music school, teaching hundreds of students from infant to adult. Whatever instrument you or your child wish to play, odds are we teach it: Piano, Guitar, Drums, Bands, Voice, Singing, Brass, Woodwinds, and more.

We are OPEN and offering private, group, and band lessons (in-person at our South location, online, or home visit options available). We are taking extra precaution during this time by requiring masks to be worn by all parents, students, and staff when meeting for all in person lessons, in addition to social distancing. We are also sanitizing each practice room and all equipment after each lesson.

Want to join our growing Austin Family of music lovers? Sign up online or email info@bandaidschoolofmusic.com :)

EIM is a flow-arts based functional movement practice; intended for all ages and stages of (self-propelled) development. 

It includes Elementally Intuitive Movement 101 and Elemental Implement Manipulation. 

I offers in-person guidance through the six levels of EIM, for pod/groups of 12 or less; the rate is the same ($80/hr), regardless of class size--gather together, separately, and save--plus it's fun to gather together, knowing we are giving each other enough space because EIM requires each body have at least 6 feet of space, or more, to explore their sphere freely. 

We wear masks to help reduce airborne particulate (like pollen and dust); to show our respect for each other; and as a form of eustress training (choosing to do something uncomfortable bc we CAN--and getting better at it because we are choosing to practice getting better at it). 

My goal is to provide you with a daily practice that you can maintain on your own, with minimal guidance on my part--because you have learned how to listen to your own body's signals, as it communicates to you, the navigator. 

After 17 years working on human bodies, I want to help prevent the wear & tear I witnessed on my massage table--EIM is a gentle practice that helps keep my own (very particular) vessel mobile, and relatively pain-free (after a lifetime of chronic pain). I'm eager to share it with you and your loved ones, at your preferred outdoor location--be it your back/front yard, or at a local park. 

Whether you’re planning on a season of at-home micro school, home school, or conventional in-person classes for your child this fall, safe music instruction can easily fit within your plans. Franklin Music Academy offers online music lessons as well as safe in-person instruction designed to fit your budget, schedule, and child’s unique interests.

We know firsthand how music education benefits kids because we see it every day. For years, many parents have trusted our expertise.

Group music lessons are a phenomenal way to round out a pandemic pod learning experience by adding fun to your child’s weekly routine. In this music education format, kids learn from an expert instructor as well as their peers, and they’re perfect for social learners.

In private online and in-person lessons, Franklin Music Academy offers instruction for how to play guitar, piano, drums, keyboard, and even expert guidance on how kids can write, record, and produce music from home. Every kid can benefit from the fun, excitement, and personalized attention that private music lessons deliver.

Our world is more complicated than ever. Music is an easy choice.

Learn more about our lessons and discover how music education benefits kids. 

How Franklin Music Academy is prioritizing safe in-person music lessons during the pandemic

While music is profoundly meaningful to us, we know we have a big responsibility. Nothing is more important to us than the safety of the families we work with and our staff. To ensure safe in-person music education, our instructors and kids must follow a strict set of Daily Pandemic Safety Procedures. We’re committed to keeping our kids safe and staff safe. See our guidelines below:

Daily Pandemic Safety Procedures

• Students and instructors are asked to wear a face covering over the mouth during lessons
• We closely monitor daily updates and recommendations from the CDC
• No physical greetings
• Seats, piano keys, tables, and doorknobs are sanitized after each lesson
• Our staff is trained in thorough and frequent hand-washing: fronts, backs, wrists, between fingers with soap and water for at least twenty seconds each time
• Supervised 20-second hand washing is required for every student before lessons 
• Employees have been instructed to never come to work if they experience fever or any COVID-19 symptoms. We ask at this time that students and families do the same 

More about Franklin Music Academy 

Franklin Music Academy was founded after educator JP Ahmad saw how much the kids in his fifth grade class enjoyed performing Beatles songs. Word quickly spread around Austin about the school, and its curriculum quickly expanded to offer new programs, instructors, and instruments. The academy is now seen as a staple in Austin’s music education community. We’re proud to offer lessons on a variety of instruments for students of all ages and musical backgrounds. 

We’re here for your kids during this tough time. Music can help.

To learn more, fill out this contact form and we’ll be in touch!

Don't do school alone! Mindworx has small group learning pods to help your child along with their school day for the Fall while they are attending their ISD virtually. Grades 1 - 6. Students will need to bring in their own laptop and laptop charger loaded with all school software/websites necessary to complete their virtual learning school day. Any school supplies such as personal notebooks will need to be brought in a backpack. 

Please provide a labeled lunch, snack, and water bottle. Mindworx will provide a pizza lunch on Friday, complete with fruit and a juice box. Your child will need to bring a full lunch all other days. We have a microwave, but utensils will not be provided. Thank you.

Doors will open at 8:00 am for in-person virtual school assistance. Your child's school schedule will be followed until 2:55 pm, at which time you will pick up.  If you require early drop-off between 7:30 am - 8:00 am, there will be an extra $25 charge per week. Register at https://mindworx.asapconnected.com/#ProgramID=6116

A fun series of lessons for home-schoolers, with 5 lessons over 5 weeks, each lesson is two hours long. We will be making peach gelato and waffle cones, ratatouille, butterfly cakes, tortilla's and salsa and cannoli with a traditional filling

Improvisation for Beginners and Next Level

Grades 5 - 8

Directed by Hilary Bluestein-Lyons

Nov 2 - Dec 14 (No class Thanksgiving week)

Mondays (4:30 - 5:30pm)

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Join us for an hour each week to learn improvisational comedy and games that will have you thinking quick on your feet and laughing deep in your gut.

A fun, fast-paced, interactive showcase will be recorded on the final day to share with family and friends. Talented and slightly wacky performers of all backgrounds are welcome to join us!