Homeschool Tutorials for Active Learners
With a 9 student maximum, we are able to customize curriculum to the students enrolled in each class.
Organizing class levels according to minimum skills rather than "grade level" or age allows us to keep the range of skill-levels close.
Secular curriculum makes a comfortable space for students of all faith backgrounds, including a completely secular family culture.
Our peaceful, positive approach encourages, motivates and includes.
Play-based strategies make learning fun.
Many classes can be joined online and others will be held in-person at 9811 Mallard Drive, Suite 208, Laurel, MD 20708.
Enrollment is open.
Classes are prorated. Join us any time.
Payment plans available at check-out.
TESTIMONIALS
Preteens Place: "This is such a creative program! I love that the activities incorporate so many disparate elements - reading, science, art, keyboarding, improv etc." ~Tabitha Yaffe
Sophisticated Studies: "I love that both of my girls are welcome and included! The activities are fun and educational, with many different elements included." ~Tabitha Yaffe
"As unschoolers we look to our childrens' interests for inspiration. When our son wanted to learn Japanese in a face-to-face class, I wasn't sure I'd find it. I was so glad to find and speak with Meredith at Art.Play.Learn. I found her both professional and personable. Our son says "she makes class feel like family" and shares that Meredith is "energetic and has a playful way of explaining things that makes class and learning fun".
"My seven-year-old son looks forward to Art & Storytime every week. He's tried a lot of online classes and this is by far his favorite. The class makes him feel confident, introduces him to new concepts, and puts him in a good mood! It's just what he (and I!) need on a Wednesday afternoon!" ~ Lauren McClain
small class sizes
developmentally appropriate
expert teachers
fosters interaction with peers
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Fall 2026
Art & Storytime
for Elementary
Online
Popular stories, fun facts, making art, show and tell and more fun and interactive activities will keep your child engaged, and creating!
45 minute class
12 weeks for $144
Wednesdays 4:30-5:15 EDT
Drop in $15 (drop in will open once we have 3 semester-long registrations)
$144
Absolute Beginner Japanese
Online
Minimum Required Skills:
None
Students will learn to speak, understand, read and write Japanese. Material may include greetings, numbers, introductions, reading Romaji, and reading and writing Hiragana.
5-star curriculum with more than 800 students served
Suggest age range: 8-12 years
Meets over Zoom
Mondays 1:00pm - 2:00pm
$110
Teen Art
In-person
Learn art skills from drawing to painting to sculpture! Exact activities and subject matter will depend on the interests of the enrolled students.
12 weeks $150
Thursdays 4:00-5:00pm
Meets in our Bowie/Laurel location
$150
Beginner French 8-12 (online)
Online
Learn to speak French through songs, games, stories and fun interactions. This online class is light and fun and is designed to get your student speaking French from the start. Every session is custimized to the students in the class but content may include:
- greetings
- asking and answering "how are you?"
- numbers
- the alphabet and spelling patterns
- colors
- nouns
- cultural speech and customs.
request a schedule
$150 for 12 classes
$150
Spanish Club 5-8
Online
Join our online Spanish Club! Interactive, creative fun to teach you Spanish or deepen your Spanish skills. This multi-age class lets all of your kids attend together. Play games, make crafts, and more fun activities structured to increase your child's Spanish fluency regardless of their baseline level. Great for kids who attend Spanish Immersion school, kids whose parents are native speakers and wish their kids would speak more Spanish and kids who parents don't speak Spanish at all and want their kids to learn in a natural, fun way that includes them.
Suggest age range: 5-8 years
Meets online.
$144
Music & Movement
In-person
For the littles to explore music and movement, learn the fundamentals and some basic dance routines.
Recommended 4-7 years
Tues: 5:30-6:00pm
Meets in person in our Bowie-Laurel location.
12 classes
$120
$120
Developing Your Inner Artist
Online
Take an art-creation journey each week that helps you develop your art technique and your artistic expression. Each week there will be a theme which will result in following instructor-led guided art and then adding your own personal artist spice to it using a variety of art media. Some examples from the past have been a guided drawing of an endangered animal with students' individual ideas of the landscape that animal might live in. The landscape ideas are formed using the Socratic Method of asking them questions that do not necessarily have to be answered out loud- but can be. Just letting those questions bounce around your head will help ideas form and get curated. In addition to learning art techniques and expression, students gain knowledge about the theme through fun facts, and games.
55 minute class
12 weeks for $144
Fridays 12:00-12:55pm EDT
Drop in $15 (drop in will open once we have 3 semester-long registrations)
$144
Advanced Beginner Japanese
Hybrid- Join in-person or via Zoom
This class will be taught with both in-person and Zoom-based students at the same time.
Minimum Required Skills:
Took Not-so-absolute Beginner Japanese at Art Play Learn OR
- Can introduce themselves
- Can read and write in Hiragana
- Can read and write in Katakana
- Can count to 1,000 in Japanese
- Can ask and answer yes/no questions -
Can ask for prices
- Can use counters for age, money and people
- Can use adverbs of frequency
recommended age range: 8-12 (teens welcome)
Students will learn to speak, understand, read and write Japanese. Material may include using basic kanji, expressing dates and times and more.
$165
Dance Styles
In-person
A class that teaches dance basics through different styles to compare and contrast.
Recommended 8-12 years
Tues: 6:15-7:00pm
Meets in person in our Bowie-Laurel location.
12 classes
$144
$144
Dance Styles Teens
In-person
A class that teaches the basics of different dance styles such as ballroom, salsa, ballet, lyrical and merengue.
Recommended 13-18 years
Tues: 7:15-8:00pm
Meets in person in our Bowie-Laurel location.
12 classes
$144
$144
