Kindergarten Curriculum

The students will be taking part in an in depth music program. This program incorporates all of the Florida Sunshine State Standards for kindergarten. The following describes what the students will be learning for each nine weeks of school. 

First Nine Weeks:

Emphasis: Experience
Listening/Singing - sol, mi, do, la songs
Rhythm – steady beat
Melody – high & low, direction
Timbre – vocal, environment
Expression – fast & slow
Form – echo
Applications to Life – appropriate behaviors and responses

Second Nine Weeks:

Emphasis: Performance
Rhythm – long & short sounds
Melody – direction, contour
Timbre – nature sounds, percussion
Expression – tempo (faster/slower)
Form – same & different sections

Third Nine Weeks:

Emphasis: Improvisation
Rhythm – 1 & 2 sounds per beat
Melody – contour, same and different melodic patterns
Timbre – instrumental
Expression – legato & staccato
Form – phrases



Fourth Nine Weeks:

Emphasis: Composition
Rhythm – 1 & 2 sounds per beat, rests, repeated patterns
Melody – melodic patterns
Timbre –instrumental & found sounds
Expression – tempo changes, dynamic changes (getting louder/softer), mood
Form – call & response