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What are some of the things we do during class:

Pre K / Kindergarten

• Explore sound and music through singing, movement, listening, and moving our bodies.

• Use clapping and stomping to keep a steady beat.

• Develop Motor skills with singing and dancing.

• Develop young singing voices with the use of age-appropriate songs.

• Provide different activities to explore the concept of "Fast and Slow" & "Loud and Soft".

First / Second Grade

• Explore sound and music through singing, movement, listening, and moving our bodies.

• Explore the concept of steady beat, rhythm by participating in a variety of activities, including singing games, and activities involving percussion, dancing, and moving to the beat.

• Experience a variety of songs to both play and sing along with.

• Improvises a simple rhythmic or melodic pattern using voice, percussion, and movements.

• Create their own rhythmic or melodic patterns while playing instruments or using body percussion (snap, pat, clap, stamp) by using improvisation.

• Develop music vocabulary

Third Grade

• Continues to explore music literacy by reading and writing rhythms, melodies and basic music symbols.

• Explore the concepts of steady beat, melody, rhythm and form by participating in a variety of activities, including singing games, activities involving dance and movement, and playing assorted instruments.

• Develop singing voices and build a repertoire of age-appropriate songs.

• Create their own rhythmic or melodic patterns through improvisation while playing instruments or using body percussion (snap, pat, clap, stamp).

• Develop music vocabulary.