Música con pequeños amigos: canciones primaverales, juegos y diversión para niños en edad preescolar

Each week we will be learning simple songs and singing together, both as a group, in echo style, and even short solos if students are comfortable. We will be playing simple shaking and tapping instruments, using them to play the steady beat along with both our singing and with recorded selections.  We will use simple props like scarves to move both to the steady beat and expressively as we listen to music.  We will practice focused listening as we listen to different instruments, to each other, and to recorded sounds. We will be playing musical games and having fun with music. We will be working on musical skills like singing on pitch, listening, steady beat, reading simple rhythms, and more! Music has so many additional benefits as well-- we will also be developing our social, emotional, cognitive and motor skills-- all as we sing and move together.
Week 1 (week of 4/5/21): Theme: Chicks and Eggs; skills: high/low, fast/slow, rhythm reading with pictures
Week 2 (week of 4/12/21): Theme: Singing in the Rain; skills: high/low, and fast/slow
Week 3 (week of 4/19/21): Theme: Frogs; skills: beat, and high/low
Week 4 (week of 4/26/21): Theme: Frogs; skills: beat, and singing the solfege pitches sol and mi