Hello parents!
In the first two week of music, the kindergartners are learning how to behave in music class. We talk about what a respectful listener looks like, and how being respectful and responsible in music class is different from their classroom.
I follow the Feierabend curriculum set out in "First Steps in Music for Preschoool and Beyond." This teaches the students to be musical in three different ways: tuneful (to be able to sing a tune from their head), beatful (to be able to keep a steady beat with a song), and artful (to be able to respond to music that makes them feel different emotions).
Music class follows a schedule for each class. The schedule is as follows:
1. Warm Up Our Voices
2. Fragment Songs
3. Simple Songs
4. Arioso (student created tunes in response to a simple question)
5. Movement
6. Beat Activities
7. Freeze Dance
8. Songtales
I am excited to teach your children how to become tuneful, beatful, and artful, and I look forward to what this year will bring.
Jenna Johnson
Music Teacher
In the first two week of music, the kindergartners are learning how to behave in music class. We talk about what a respectful listener looks like, and how being respectful and responsible in music class is different from their classroom.
I follow the Feierabend curriculum set out in "First Steps in Music for Preschoool and Beyond." This teaches the students to be musical in three different ways: tuneful (to be able to sing a tune from their head), beatful (to be able to keep a steady beat with a song), and artful (to be able to respond to music that makes them feel different emotions).
Music class follows a schedule for each class. The schedule is as follows:
1. Warm Up Our Voices
2. Fragment Songs
3. Simple Songs
4. Arioso (student created tunes in response to a simple question)
5. Movement
6. Beat Activities
7. Freeze Dance
8. Songtales
I am excited to teach your children how to become tuneful, beatful, and artful, and I look forward to what this year will bring.
Jenna Johnson
Music Teacher