This year, your child will be participating in a music class designed to foster lifelong appreciation of music through active music making. The sequenced music instruction will help your child develop musical skills and understanding, using music of various styles from the United States and around the world. In addition to developing specific musical skills, your child's studies in other areas will be enhanced by instruction that links concepts across the curriculum.
The music learning activities focus on music concepts based on the North Carolina Essential Standards:
CONNECT
Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures.
CREATE
Conceive and develop new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively.
PRESENT
Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works.
RESPOND
Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate.
You can also reinforce your child's music learning at home. Consider listening to music together and talking about it. Ask your child to share songs learned in music class. Attend local concerts to help foster appropriate audience behavior. These experiences will help make music meaningful at school, at home, and in the community.