Unit 1Preparatory Songs and Games
10 lessons10 Weeks
Preparatory Songs and Games
 Week 1
Lesson 1
Getting Started
We learn the first two songs in the book, 'Chocolate Chip Cookies' and 'The Big Black Bear.'
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Music Patterns in Three
We continue working on 'The Big Black Bear' and learn 'Creepy Crawly'.
 Week 3
Lesson 3
More Patterns in Three
We learn the white keys C-E-G. Song: 'The Flower Garden'.
 Week 4
Lesson 4
Review C-G
Songs to learn: 'Waddling Ducks' and 'The Parachute. The Diver.'
 Week 5
Lesson 5
Getting Comfortable around the Keyboard
Songs to learn: 'Pepperoni Macaroni' and 'Sinking'
 Week 6
Lesson 6
Getting More Comfortable with Finding White Keys
Song to learn: 'Valentine Box'
 Week 7
Lesson 7
Playing with Fingers 2 and 3
Song to learn: 'Mary Had a Little Lamb', begin listening to 'The Jazzy Crocodile'
 Week 8
Lesson 8
Introduction to 'The Jazzy Crocodile'
We'll start our longer song for this class, 'The Jazzy Crocodile'
 Week 9
Lesson 9
Practicing Longer Songs
Continue practicing 'The Jazzy Crocodile' and add 'The Ghost'
 Week 10
Lesson 10
Playing with Fingers 2 and 3, continued
Finish 'The Jazzy Crocodile'  New Song to learn: 'Dance of the Penguins'
Unit 2Longer and/or More Challenging Songs
12 lessons12 Weeks
Longer and/or More Challenging Songs
 Week 11
Lesson 11
Splashing Music
Song to learn: 'Splashing in Puddles'
 Week 12
Lesson 12
Night Music for Bugs
Song to learn: 'Fireflies'
 Week 13
Lesson 13
Wrist movement and other technical skills
Learn to play "The Buzz Saw" with a health wrist bounce and firm fingertips of fingers 2 and 3
 Week 14
Lesson 14
Longer Songs and Patterns 1
Begin "Bluesy Blues"
 Week 15
Lesson 15
Bluesy Blues, continued
We'll continue practicing Bluesy Blues together and add Giant Footsteps
 Week 16
Lesson 16
A Shorter Song Break
Song to Learn: The Mosquito. Students will either finish Bluesy Blues and perform it in this class, or continue practicing it another week and perform it the following week
 Week 17
Lesson 17
Longer Songs and Patterns 2
Finish The Mosquito, Begin 'The Low Down Boogie'
 Week 18
Lesson 18
The 12 Bar Blues
Continue learning 'The Low Down Boogie'
 Week 19
Lesson 19
Interlude
Two easy songs while we practice the longer songs at the end of the book: 'The Mulberry Bush' and 'Pop Goes the Weasel', listen to and begin learning our final song, Flint Street Boogie
 Week 20
Lesson 20
Final Project, Week 1
We'll start our final song, Flint Street Boogie
 Week 21
Lesson 21
Final Project, Week 2
Continue learning the next part of our final song, Flint Street Boogie
 Week 22
Lesson 22
Final Project, Week 3 and Celebration!
Finish our final song, Flint Street Boogie and celebrate all the hard work we've