KG1 Music

Introduction

The focus for Elementary Music at ACS is to continue to develop units of instruction and assessments for our four Artistic Processes: (1) making meaningful expression such as performing on an instrument or singing (​PERFORMING),​ (2) expressing personal ideas by composing or improvising music (​CREATING​), (3) responding to music such as critiquing the work we hear (​RESPONDING​), (4) interpreting symbolic expression by different disciplines, cultures, and history (​CONNECTING​). The integration of technology with music-specific digital tools is ongoing to enhance the learning opportunities for all students, “Communicate effectively for a given purpose” and “Recognize and respect other cultural context and points of view”.

All students will develop knowledge of the varied career pathways that can be accomplished while participating in core music.

All students will prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

As a means of having a uniform teaching approach and methodology for core music, grades KG1 - 5, the music curriculum program created by Dr. John Feierabend will be utilized. A national leader in music education, Dr. Feierabend is ProfessorEmeritus of Music Education at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford and is a past President of the Organization of American KodályEducators.

First Steps in Music for Preschool and Beyond[​ 1] is Feierabend’s text for Pre-K through the end of 1s​ t grade. Its focus is developing singing and movement skills, and it is rich in traditional folk music. The design encourages students to be “tuneful, beatful, and artful” (p.10). He suggests the following “musical workout:”

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​Pitch Exploration

Song Fragments (echo/call & response songs) Simple Songs

Arioso (Child-created Tunes)

5. SongTales (songs that tell a story) 6. Movement Exploration

7. Movement for Form and Expression 8. Movement with the Beat

This methodology, the Pre-K/Kindergarten and Grade 1 Core Music Units of Instruction include three strands—Tuneful, Beatful, and Artful. [1]​ Feierabend, John. ​First Steps in Music for Preschool and Beyond. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2003.

Click ​Music At-a-Glance for the National Core Arts Standards for MusicClick ​National Core Arts Standards ​to learn more about the Arts Standards. Click here to view the What We Learn - Grade KG1 infograph. Click here for this year's ES Music Curriculum Overview.

Artistic development at ACS is guided by the National Core Arts Standards. In KG1 these standards guide the development of the music program. The standards are divided into 4 key areas: Creating, Performing/Presenting/Producing, Responding, and Connecting.

Unit Sketch

The purpose of this unit is to enhance music literacy through play.

Pitch Exploration

Instrumental Glissandos - Slide Whistle

The Ice Cream Sundae - Card

Whale Sounds - Kit

Song Fragments

No More Pie

Johnny on the Woodpile

My Aunt Came Back

Simple Songs

Frog in the Meadow

Pitter, Patter

Arioso "I speak like this, I sing like this"

Teacher demonstrates

Neutral syllable conversations between teacher and child

Teacher and children sing their names

Movement Exploration

Theme 1: Awareness of Body Parts & Whole

• 1: 1 Whole Body Movement

Theme 2: Awareness of Time

• 2.1: Quick and Slow Movement

Theme 3: Awareness of Space

• 3.1: Personal Space and General Space

Theme 4: Awareness of Levels

• 4. 1: High/Middle/Low

Theme 5: Awareness of Weight

• 5.1: Heavy/Light

Theme 6: Awareness of Locomotion

Theme 7: Awareness of Flow

• 7. 1: Sudden/Sustained

Theme 8: Awareness of Shape

• 8.1: Becoming Shapes

Theme 9: Awareness of Others

• 9.1: Partners

Theme 10: Student Created Movement

• 10:1: Representative Movement

Movement for Form and Expression - Fingerplays

Chop, Chop, Chippity Chop

Five Little Ladies

Two Little Blackbirds

Eensy Weensy Spider

Movement for Form and Expression with Classical Music

Move It! #2

Move It! #3

Move It #1

Beat Motions - Child Initiated/Teacher Initiated

Listen, Listen (with Tambourine)

Engine, Engine (with Sandblocks)

Ali Baba

Aiken Drum

Beat Motions with Classical Music

Keeping the Beat #19

Keeping the Beat #20

Keeping the Beat #21

SongTales

Had a Little Rooster

Over in the Meadow

There Was a Man and He Was Mad

Unit Sketch

The purpose of this unit is to enhance music literacy through play

Pitch Exploration

Instrumental Glissandos - (Siren Whistle) (kit)

Toys That Move (Propeller on a Stick) (kit)

Pathway Cards

Song Fragments

Bill Grogen's Goat

Down by the Bay

Wise Old Owl

Simple Songs

Johnny Had One Friend

Fais Dodo

Arioso "I speak like this, I sing like this"

Teacher demonstrates

Neutral syllable conversations between teacher and child

Teacher and children sing the names of their family

Movement Exploration

(See The Book of Movement Exploration)

Theme 1: Awareness of Body Parts & Whole

• 1.2: Isolated Body Parts

Theme 2: Awareness of Time

• 2.2: Clock Time

Theme 3: Awareness of Space

• 3.2: Direct/Indirect Pathway (Straight/Twisted)

Theme 4: Awareness of Levels

• 4.1: High/Middle/Low

Theme 5: Awareness of Weight

• 5.2: Strong/Gentle

Theme 6: Awareness of Locomotion

Theme 7: Awareness of Flow

• 7.2: Sequential/Simultaneous

Theme 8: Awareness of Shape

• 8.1: Becoming Shapes

Theme 9: Awareness of Others

• 9.2: Groups

Theme 10: Student Created Movement

• 10:2: Non-Representative Movement

Movement for Form and Expression - Fingerplays

Grandma's Glasses

A Ram Sam Sam

Three Little Monkeys

Here's a Nest

Movement for Form and Expression with Classical Music

Move It! #3

Move It! #4

Move It #5

Beat Motions - Child Initiated/Teacher Initiated

Frog in the Meadow (with guiro)

Bling, Blang

Cobbler, Cobbler

Hickory, Dickory, Dock (with woodblock)

Beat Motions with Classical Music

Keeping the Beat #22

Keeping the Beat #23

Keeping the Beat #24

SongTales

Jennie Jenkins

Father Grumble

The Tailor and the Mouse