The First Steps in Music curriculum is designed to prepare children to become musical in three ways:
1) Tuneful - to have tunes in their heads and learn to coordinate their voices to sing those tunes.
2) Beatful - to feel the pulse of music and how that pulse is grouped in either twos or threes.
3) Artful- to be moved by music in the many ways music can elicit an emotional response."
First Steps in Music includes a musical workout in each lesson. Activities include vocal and movement exploration, moving to a beat, practicing simple songs, echo and fragment songs, creating original songs, and listening to songtales.
I encourage you to ask your children about the songs they have learned!
Look below for practice resources!
1) Tuneful - to have tunes in their heads and learn to coordinate their voices to sing those tunes.
2) Beatful - to feel the pulse of music and how that pulse is grouped in either twos or threes.
3) Artful- to be moved by music in the many ways music can elicit an emotional response."
First Steps in Music includes a musical workout in each lesson. Activities include vocal and movement exploration, moving to a beat, practicing simple songs, echo and fragment songs, creating original songs, and listening to songtales.
I encourage you to ask your children about the songs they have learned!
Look below for practice resources!
Practice Your Echo Songs!
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Practice making up your own tunes!
Use these guitar accompaniments to make up a tune, just like the birds we use in class.
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I Made Music at Home Program
Kindergarteners and 1st graders are encouraged to participate in a program called “I Made Music At Home.”
When students participate in this program, they will get the most special, coveted sticker that reads:
"I am a Woodville Musician... I made music for someone I love!"
What do you and your child need to do to participate in this program?
Not only will they get an amazingly cool sticker, but you will have made a great musical memory together!
When students participate in this program, they will get the most special, coveted sticker that reads:
"I am a Woodville Musician... I made music for someone I love!"
What do you and your child need to do to participate in this program?
- Encourage your child to share a song, chant, rhyme, or game they have learned in music class.
- Fill our this Google Form with the details: I Made Music at Home!
- BONUS! Take a video of your child sharing and send it to me at samara.schwartz@wpsk12.org!
- Ask your child to show you his or her cool "Woodville Musician" sticker!
Not only will they get an amazingly cool sticker, but you will have made a great musical memory together!
