Students explore movement dynamics including speed, weight, and texture to understand how energy changes choreography. This Pre-K unit uses imagery and play to build foundational dance skills and creative expression.
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 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 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 foundational sequence for Pre-K students to develop stage presence, posture, and ensemble skills through playful simulation and games. Students learn how to stand like singers, follow a conductor, listen to their peers, and perform a complete stage routine.
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 music sequence for Pre-K students to explore the physical mechanics of their voice through play, movement, and sensory awareness. Students learn about breath, pitch, timbre, and the difference between speaking and singing.
A Pre-K sequence focused on theater, guiding students to build shared imaginary worlds, assign roles, and solve dramatic conflicts together. Students will learn the basics of narrative structure and collaborative play through sensory exploration and role-play scenarios.
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 5-lesson sequence for Pre-K students to develop foundational motor skills, listening habits, and rhythmic accuracy through body percussion and unpitched instruments. Students progress from internalizing a beat to following ensemble cues.
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.
A vibrant, hands-on introduction to Spanish and Latin American art masters for Pre-K students. Children explore self-expression, shapes, lines, and community through the works of Kahlo, Picasso, Miró, Rivera, and Mexican folk art.
A multi-sensory pre-writing journey that moves Pre-K students from gross motor air-writing to precise fine motor control and shape formation. Students explore vertical, horizontal, and circular strokes through play, sensory exploration, and representational drawing.