A musical journey for Kindergarteners to discover the four families of the orchestra, explore dynamics, and experience the role of the conductor through active listening and movement.
A high-energy, interactive unit focused on mastering rhythm and tempo through digital gameplay and body percussion, designed specifically for paperless classrooms.
A journey through the 20th and 21st centuries, exploring how technology like electric guitars and synthesizers shaped genres from Rock 'n' Roll to Pop. Students analyze rhythm, structure, and sound to build a chronological timeline of musical evolution.
A global musical journey for Kindergarten students to explore traditional folk music, instruments, and rhythms from West Africa, East Asia, the Andes, and North America. Students build cultural awareness and musical skills through hands-on drumming, melodic improvisation, and storytelling songs.
A Kindergarten music appreciation unit exploring program music. Students learn how composers use tempo, pitch, and timbre to represent animals, characters, and settings, culminating in the creation of their own musical narrative.
This sequence introduces Kindergarteners to the distinctly American art forms of Jazz and Blues, focusing on emotion and spontaneity. Students explore the 'swing' feel, improvisation, and scat singing through active movement and vocal play.
This sequence introduces Pre-K students to the expressive power of creative movement. Students learn to use their bodies to communicate animals, weather, emotions, and stories, developing physical empathy and creative confidence through guided improvisation and play.
A foundational music sequence for Pre-K students exploring pitch discrimination, melodic contour, and the transition from sound to symbolic graphic notation. Through kinesthetic movement, vocal play, and creative drawing, students learn to visualize and perform high and low sounds.
A foundational music sequence for Pre-K students focusing on internalizing the steady beat, understanding tempo, recognizing rests through silence, and distinguishing word rhythms from the beat. through movement and percussion play.
This Pre-K dance sequence explores how students can use their bodies to tell stories and express emotions. Students move from identifying feelings and simple actions to choreographed nature cycles and character studies, culminating in a collaborative narrative dance performance.
A Kindergarten sequence introducing stenciling, typography, and graphic layout. Students progress from basic negative space concepts to designing their own posters by combining text and images.
A comprehensive introduction to printmaking for Kindergarteners, focusing on monoprinting, subtractive drawing, symmetry, texture rubbings, and foil plate processes. Students learn the 'magic' of transfer and the relationship between a plate and a print.
A Kindergarten sequence introducing the fundamentals of relief printing. Students explore texture, create their own stamps, and learn to make repeating patterns through hands-on exploration.
Kindergarten students explore the foundations of dance composition through creative play, investigating how to link movements into coherent patterns and sequences.
A Kindergarten music unit focused on vocal expression, dynamics, and phrasing. Students learn to use their voices to convey emotions, manage breath for phrasing, and incorporate gestures to enhance performance.
A Kindergarten music sequence focused on stage presence, performance routine, and building confidence through role-play and preparation. Students learn the full cycle of a performance, from walking on stage to the final bow.
A series of 5 lessons for Kindergarten students focused on diction and articulation in singing. Students explore the physical 'tools' of speech (lips, tongue, teeth) and practice vowels and consonants through games and songs.
A foundational music sequence for Kindergarteners exploring how posture, breath, and body awareness create the perfect instrument for singing. Students move from establishing a "Singer's Stance" to mastering breath control and vocal resonance through playful workshops.
A fun, interactive music sequence for Pre-K students focused on developing clear articulation and rhythmic precision in singing through games, mouth gymnastics, and nursery rhymes.
A Pre-K sequence focused on exploring emotions and storytelling through song, dynamics, and facial expressions. Students learn to identify musical moods and adapt their vocal performance to convey different feelings.
A foundational theater arts sequence for Pre-K students that explores how to use the body, face, and voice to create characters. Through play-based activities and imaginative exploration, students learn to express emotions and transform objects into magical props.
A Pre-K music sequence focusing on how instruments make sound through air and vibration, exploring pitch, and introducing early music literacy through iconic notation. Students move from physical investigation to creative composition.