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5 to 7 years
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| Build a musical foundation. Using a small-group approach to music education, Kindermusik for
the Young Child
provides a pressure-free class where your child can develop a
strong musical foundation
by learning the concepts, language, notation, and vocabulary of
music and its greatest
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- Singing and vocal development. It may
sound like a foreign language
when a child sings "ta" and "ti-ti," but this is the language of
professional musicians
and composers and getting young children ready to read and write
simple rhythm patterns.
- Movement. See children dance expressively to music, giving them the practice they needs to coordinate their body movements to the sound of music. This kind of musical play not only improves musicianship, but physical coordination as well.
- Reading and writing. Young children will
learn melodic notation
and identify pitches such as the C, A, and D notes on the treble
clef, plus rhythmic
notation. Eventually even composing their own music.
- Focused listening. Children will learn to identify a range of orchestra instruments and their sound qualities, while also gaining an early awareness and knowledge of composers and masterworks in Western arts tradition.
- Exploring and playing musical instruments. Authentic percussion,
string, pre-keyboard, and woodwind instruments expose children to
the many choices
for future musical study, and at the same time provide them with
the opportunity
to musically succeed before taking on more formal instruction.
- Developmentally appropriate curriculum for children ages 5 to
7 years.
- 15 week semester.
- Weekly 60-minute class; caregivers
attend the last 10-15 minutes.
- Set of At Home Materials. Children's folder with stickers and
Music At Home cards,
Family Songbook, instrument (wind, string, or pre-keyboard
instrument depending
on the semester), CD of music from class, canvas bag (during
first semester) and
games bag
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- Class Title: Semester One
- Class Description: Everything your child learns later in
semesters 2, 3, and 4 begins with this early
introduction to singing, reading, and writing music and rhythm.
Through dances and
games that focus on rhythmic development, we'll learn a keyboard
instrument—the
glockenspiel—which will be used throughout all the Young Child
classes. Your At
Home Materials provide the music, instruments, stickers, and
activities for a home
version of the same playful activities you'll hear about from
class, so your child—and
you!—can learn where you're most comfortable: at home.
- Class Materials: Children's Folder with stickers,
games bag, and
Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, Home CD of music from
class, glockenspiel,
and canvas bag (during first semester).
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- Class Title: Semester Two
- Class Description: Playing simple musical patterns and songs on the featured instrument from the first session—the glockenspiel—is a central focus this semester. While learning to sing a melody, and then play the pattern on the glockenspiel, we'll delve deeper into the understanding of musical concepts such as piano and forte through orchestra-style music such as the William Tell Overture and Peter and the Wolf. Music appreciation and understanding continues with a complete introduction to the instruments—and the families in which they're grouped—of the orchestra.
- Class Materials: Children's Folder with stickers,
games bag, and
Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, and Home CD of music from
class.
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- Class Title: Semester Three
- Class Description: Appalachian music is a featured musical
style this semester. First, you and your
child will build a two-stringed dulcimer instrument with
materials that we'll provide.
Then in class we'll learn to play chords and simple melodies on
the instrument you
built together. We'll also explore rhythm concepts through dance
with an introduction
to the basic steps in jazz, ballet, and tap dances. Your Home
Materials include
dulcimer-making materials, activity cards, and music that
features recordings from
Appalachia, African-America, and Native American music, as well
as the Western Art
music of the Nutcracker Suite.
- Class Materials: Children's Folder with stickers,
games bag, and
Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, Home CD of music from
class, and dulcimer.
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- Class Title: Semester Four
- Class Description: In this final semester, we'll introduce
the recorder instrument. As your child is
introduced to basic methods of playing simple melodic patterns
and songs on this
wind instrument, we'll also incorporate the instruments,
concepts, and songs from
previous semesters. With a special emphasis on multicultural
music, your child will
learn to improvise and write music, as well as experience the
musical styles of
the Pacific Islands, Europe, and Africa; plus play special dances
and children's
games from around the world, including Alpine dances, Mexico, and
Ecuador.
- Class Materials: Children's Folder with stickers,
games bag, and
Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook, Home CD of music from
class, and soprano recorder.
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