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The kindergarten and 1st grade music students are following Dr. John Feierabend's First Steps in Music curriculum. We are working to become more tuneful, beatful, and artful through pitch exploration, echo songs, simple songs, arioso activities, movement exploration, expressive movement, beat motions, and listening to song tales. The links below provide examples of the songs and activities we do in music class!
This year we are also using the Quaver Curriculum. See the Google Doc for information on logging into Quaver Music the first time.
Echo songs
Echo songs
The students know the songs listed below. They can sing the echo with the linked YouTube recordings, or they can be the leader and have anyone at home (parents, grandparents, siblings, caregivers) sing the echo.
Simple Songs
Simple Songs
The students know the following simple songs. They can sing alone for you or sing with the YouTube videos linked below.
Arioso
Arioso
During arioso time we use our singing voices to improvise melodies. Try having a singing conversation with your child, or having them sing to a favorite puppet or stuffed animal.
Movement Exploration
Movement Exploration
Room full of Jell-O: Imagine that someone filled the entire room with Jell-O. Push and pull your way across the room.
Glue dancing: Put on any style of music. Try dancing with one foot glued to the floor. Try with different body parts glued to the floor (or a chair, table, etc).
Movement for Form and Expression
Movement for Form and Expression
We use fingerplays and Move It! routines for expressive movement activities.
Fingerplays:
If you have access to the Just Dance video game (or search for Just Dance Kids on YouTube), they are a great resource for movement that shows form in music.
Beat Motions
Beat Motions
The students know many ways to show the steady beat through movement. Some movements we have been working on include tapping our laps, tapping our heads, tapping the floor, and waving. At home students can show these beat movements with any style of music, or you can use any of the classical music found here.
Students can also turn everyday objects such as pots, pans, and boxes into instruments and play the beat.
Song Tales
Song Tales
These are not meant for students to sing with, they are for listening only.
There Was A Man and He Was Mad
Just for Fun
Just for Fun
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