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Kindermusik Young
Child 3 (Ages 5 – 7)
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$72.00/month
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Class Description
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Appalachian
music is a featured musical style this semester. First, you and your child
will build a two-stringed dulcimer instrument with materials that we'll
provide. Then in class we'll learn to play chords and simple melodies on the
instrument you built together. We'll also explore rhythm concepts through
dance with an introduction to the basic steps in jazz, ballet, and tap
dances. Your Home Materials include dulcimer-making materials, activity
cards, and music that features recordings from Appalachia, African-America,
and Native American music, as well as the Western Art music of the Nutcracker
Suite.
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Enrollment Includes
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Developmentally appropriate curriculum for parents and children, ages 5 – 7
years
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Class
of no more than 12 children
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Year-round
classes with a different theme each month
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Weekly
60-minute class, parent or guardian does not attend class with child
• At Home Materials—Children’s
Folder with stickers, games bag, and Music At Home Cards, Family Songbook,
Home CD of music from class, and dulcimer.
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What a Parent and
Child Will Experience in Class
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Singing and Vocal Development
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It may sound
like a foreign language when a child sings “ta” and “ti-ti,” but this is the
language of professional musicians and composers and getting young children
ready to read and write simple rhythm patterns.
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Movement
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See children
dance expressively to music, giving them the practice they needs to
coordinate their body movements to the sound of music. This kind of musical
play not only improves musicianship, but physical coordination as well.
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Reading and Writing
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Young children
will learn melodic notation and identify pitches such as the C, A, and D
notes on the treble clef, plus rhythmic notation. Eventually even composing
their own music.
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Focused Listening
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Children will
learn to identify a range of orchestra instruments and their sound qualities,
while also gaining an early awareness and knowledge of composers and
masterworks in Western arts tradition.
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Exploring and Playing Musical
Instruments
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Authentic
percussion, string, pre-keyboard, and woodwind instruments expose children to
the many choices for future musical study, and at the same time provide them
with the opportunity to musically succeed before taking on more formal
instruction.
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Values Group Experience Before Formal
Lessons
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Once
a child begins more formal music lessons, the group dynamic disappears. With Young
Child, children are able to interact and build social skills.
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Creates
a Student Community
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Young Child keeps the same group of children
together for two years, creating an incredible student community.
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Unit Details
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Enroll
Anytime!
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Ages 5 - 7 years old
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Prerequisite: Young Child 2
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Monday's at 3:30 pm
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Lessons
31 - 34
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The Music of
Appalachia: There is a rich history in the Mountains of
Appalachia, where dulcimers strum, washboards scrub, and spoons click. We
will learn to play the TWO STRING DULCIMER and explore the unique sounds,
games and dances of this region.
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Lessons 35-37
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Songs of the Sea: Feeling the salty sea air, listening to a sea
shanty and composing our own sea story is how we will spend some of our time
making music out on the Ocean Blue
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Lessons 38 - 42
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Jazz of the City and
Songs of Nature: Dixieland
Jazz and Spirituals are just two forms of music that come from the African
American Culture. Nature as experienced by Native Americans has inspired
beautiful music as well. Join us as we celebrate these musical styles through
dance, ensembles, and composition.
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Lessons 43 - 45
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The World of Dance:
Music is for playing and MOVING! Ballet, Tap and Jazz all have
distinct sounds and dances. The Nutcracker Suite by Peter Tchaikovsky is a
familiar story and shows perfectly all the ways music can move us.
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