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Family Time/Movin’ & Groovin’ ~ newborns to 7 years (in 1st grade)
Movin’ & Groovin’ is a romping, rolling, stretching good time for the whole family. This unit will explore lots of different ways to move – high and low, fast and slow, zigzag, curvy and more. Family members will chug around the classroom like trains, clip-clop like horses and roll over like puppy dogs. They’ll hear a story about playing tag together in Can You Catch Me? and read about a jungle hokey-pokey in Put Your Left Paw In. The Home Materials include: two CDs with music from class; Sing, Play & Grow! a family guide with musical fun, activities and information about child development, as well as fun facts about the songs enjoyed in class; Jellybean band puppets-Rascal the monkey (hand puppet and finger puppet); two monkey den-den drums; two Jellybean Band books with activity pages, comic strips about the band and stories-Can You Catch Me? and Put Your Left Paw In.
Village/Feathers & Do-Si-Do ~ newborns to 18 months
Feathers introduces Baby and Parent/Caregiver to a delightful range of songs, movement activities, object play and vocal play relating to our feathered friends. The Australian Kookaburra, the African Ostrich and many more birds from across the world are featured in songs, dances, and poems. Both jazz and classical selections, a Yiddish folk song, a Muskogean melody, and Mother Goose rhymes set to music are just a few of the colorful and exciting pieces introduced in this curriculum. The board book feathers drawings of many birds. A Chime Ball is the featured home instrument.
Do-Si-Do stimulates a wonderfully unique experience of rhythm and movement for Baby and Parent/Caregiver. Movement highlights include a Virginia Reel, a combination Tango, Cha-Cha! and a “move-to-it” poem, which is also featured in the board book. Other activities range from chime ball play to instrument exploration and more. Music selections draw from many traditions, including African American, Mexican, Romantic, Scottish, South African and Southeast Asian. An egg shaker is the featured home instrument along with a blue scarf.
Our Time/Wiggles & Giggles ~ 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 years
This unit is all about movement (wiggles!) and fun, funny words and sounds and emotion (giggles!). The songs are about humor, laughter, silly sounds and words and movement. Everyday activities like bath time are highlighted in the delightful book Pete and PJ. Watch Me! is a movement literature book featuring lots of animal movement. Zig-Zag blocks are the featured instrument.
Imagine That/See What I Saw ~ 3 1/2 to 5 years (not in Kindergarten)
In this unit, your child will enjoy the many wonders of a trip to Grasshopper Park. The music represents a variety of different cultures with songs from Ghana,Latin America, Greece and France. You will find some favorites including “Ha Ha This-a-Way,” “Jim Along Josie,” “Mr. Sun,” “A Tisket, A Tasket,” “Shoo-Fly” and “Allee Galloo.” There are also many new, original compositions like the chant “Everything is Just Fine.” The two literature books are The Ant Picnic Feast and Can You Find Me? The featured instruments are a slide whistle and a pair of Lummi (ridged) sticks.
Young Child/Semester 1 ~ 5-6 years (in Kindergarten)
Semester 1 focuses on beat versus no beat, percussion and brass instruments, melodicdirection, exploring the staff and notation. The glockenspiel, a pre-keyboard instrument, is introduced, as are the themes “Music Is Everywhere,” “Meet the Mallets” and “Discovering Melody and Mozart.” NOTE: Children tend to do best in Young Child 1 if they are in Kindergarten.
Young Child/Semester 3 ~ 6-7 years (in 1st grade)
Semester 3 focuses on stringed instruments with the introduction to their very own dulcimers. Other musical concepts taught include call and response, improvisation, “Music of Appalachia,” “Music of the Sea” and “Native American Music.” Folk music & instruments, jazz, gospel, American Indian, dance – ballet & jazz & tap and Nutcracker are also introduced. Notes on the staff, note values and glockenspiel are continued. NOTE: New students are accepted into Young Child 3 without having taken Young Child 1 and/or Young Child 2. There is a lot of built in review in Young Child 3 for the benefit of new students, as well as returning.
