"Music is the universal language of mankind."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Kindergarten music - 18 hours per school year

Instruments used by students:

Activities: Students will sing, say, listen, play, move, read, write, create, analyze, and evaluate these musical ideas:

Large variety of percussion instruments Large variety of bar instruments (Orff instruments) keyboards guitars and ukuleles autoharps voice and body percussion

Beat patterns using hands and feet Simple rhythm pictures (quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter note rests) Pictures of the notes from the major scale Loud and quiet sounds Fast and slow sounds Heavy and light sounds Sounds that express ideas or emotions Various song accompaniments Large patterns in music Voice and instrumental performing techniques Classical music with its special instruments Folk music from around the world with its special instruments

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