Kindergarten Curriculum Singing & Vocal Exploration! Students will ... 1. Sing the resting tone in Major and Minor tonalities 2. Explore the many sounds their voices make: Singing, Chanting, Speaking...etc. 3. Sing songs in various tonalities 4. Sing as a large group and in solo 5. Echo / Respond as a group and individually to tonal patterns Rhythm = Movement! 1. Develop an understanding of rhythm and meter through chants, movement and rhythm patterns 2. Move to music with the Rudolf Laban elements of flow, weight, space and time 3. Explore Loco-motor movement with music 4. Move to both macrobeat and microbeat in duple and triple meter 4a. Explore and play a steady beat on small percussion instruments 5. Echo rhythmic patterns in duple and triple meter Improvisation, Experimentation & Listening! 1. Be acculturated to songs and chants in various tonalities and meters 2. Improvise rhythmic responses to rhythm patterns provided by the teacher 3. Experiment on tone bar instruments 4. Discriminate between same and different patterns in major and minor tonalities 5. Discriminate between same and different patterns in duple and triple meter Other Benefits! - Team work, partner play, physical preparation (large and small motor skills) and musical readiness