| ABC Music and Me is an award-winning music and movement program for children 4 to 6 years. This curriculum helps to develop pre-literacy and language skills through songs, movement and story time. Using music as the medium, children will develop fine and gross motor skills, improve hand-eye coordination, learn musical concepts, and sharpen there listening skills. Class activities promote problem solving, self-confidence and individual expression in a fun and nurturing environment.
- What you and your child will experience in class:
- Story Time and Early Literacy – Songs, rhymes and story time are used to develop phonetic awareness and early reading skills, while strengthening a child’s natural love of literature.
Instrument Exploration – There will be lots of hands-on percussive instrument time, which helps to improve hand-eye coordination. Playing percussive instruments is purposely designed to help children identify steady beat and practice self-control.
Movement Activities – Dancing and moving to music creates body awareness, facilitates balance and the development of fine and gross motor skills, and fosters a child’s imagination.
Focused Listening – This class is structured in a way that offers an opportunity for children to enhance their listening skills and their ability to follow direction.
- Learn more about the theme of the current and upcoming sessions:
- All ABC classes are presented in sessions, and each session focuses on a particular theme. Here is some information about the current and upcoming sessions.
Winter Session – Rhythms of the Land & Sounds Abound (January 2 – February 25, 2012)
In the First part of this unit we’ll explore the rhythms and sounds of Native American music, with an emphasis on drums. In the second half of the session we will explore the distinctive quality of sound (timbre) and use graphic notation to move and tell stories using sound effects. Woven into many of these activities is the exploration of a variety of percussive instruments.
Home Materials: 2 CDs, 2 magazine-style Family Guides, and a Stick-Tambourine Instrument
Early Spring Session – Dance With Me & Drums, Drums, Drums (February 27 – April 21, 2012)
In the first half of this unit we will explore different dance styles, hear instruments in the orchestra, and learn a few dance steps, helping to strengthen memory and the ability to follow direction. In the last half of the session the emphasis will be on drums and African instruments. Woven into many of class activities is the exploration of a variety of percussive instruments.
Home Materials: 2 CD’s, 2 magazine-style Family Guides, and a Pair of Lummi Sticks
Fall Session II – Join the Parade & Sing a Story (October 17 – December 10, 2011)
In the first half of the session, children will move to parade and march music and listen to instruments from marching bands, focusing on loud and quiet. The movement activities will help children develop steady beat and coordination skills, helping to make a vital rhythm and body connection that is essential to mastering any number of activities, such as writing, dribbling and shooting a basketball, dancing and skipping. In Sing a Story your child will get a fun introduction to the world of opera with Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” They will listen to examples of solos and duets, practice pre-music-reading skills by singing simple two-note patterns, sing and play a variety of musical instruments.
Home Materials: 2 Home CD’s and 2 magazine-style Family Guides
- What Home Materials are provided?
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- At-Home CD featuring all the songs and chants from class
- Magazine-style Family Guide which includes the class stories and activities to do at home
- Percussive instrument
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