Watch Your Child Grow

Did you know what some of the benefits of a mixed ages class are?

 

*Development of a steady beat--essential for playing instruments and sports later in school years. Music=Sports.

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*Rhythm Notation: Quarter Notes & Rests.

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*Development of a healthy singing voice.

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*Beginning Ensemble Skills: playing at specific times during a

song; changing instruments at certain times in a song.

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*Waiting for our turn during  certain parts of a song.

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*Musical direction: up & down

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*Tempo: Fast, Slow, Accelerando.

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*Listening: exploration of instrument timbre; animal sounds, and sounds found in nature and around town.

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*Songs/rhymes from a diversity of cultures.

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*Musical Contrasts: High/Low, Quiet/Loud.

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*Exploring, creating movement, and playing to musical concepts such as crescendo, decrescendo, piano, forte, staccato and legato.

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*Introducing social skills: patience, cooperation, team-building, leadership and mastery of essential school-ready skills like self-regulation, and self-control.

 

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