Level 4 classes offer children exciting first experiences with musical symbols and more complex instruments, laying the groundwork for formal music instruction. You’ll join the fun for the final activities and watch as your child begins to master music terms and concepts, building a strong foundation for learning in other subjects like math, reading, and writing.
ACTIVITIES
- Listening to a variety of sounds, including music from individual instruments and complete compositions that highlight specific genres, cultures, composers, or concepts and sharing their listening observations
- More complicated instrument-play, such as dances that include instrument play, back-and-forth rhythm conversations with instruments, and songs with accompanying instrument patterns
- Experiencing various types of movement, including creative movement, movement with a partner, group, instruments, or props, and movement that explores concepts like high/low or staccato/legato
- Singing a variety of songs in an appropriate range and engaging in call-and-response, echoing, and instrument play
- Pretend play through music, vocal development, storytelling, listening, and movement
- Introduction to music concepts and vocabulary
SKILLS & BENEFITS
- Enhanced self-awareness, refined listening skills
- Heightened sense of creativity
- Development of sensory, motor, and cognitive skills
- Increasing pitch accuracy, memory recall, and sequencing abilities
- Ability to cooperate within a group, exhibit self-control, and listen attentively
- Stronger foundation for language and literacy skills, such as phonological awareness, focused attention, effective communication, and vocabulary
- Strengthened brain connections used to integrate new learning, make decisions, and think critically
