Week 4
1-2-3, 1-2-3, Waltz With Me!
When you listen and move to music you can feel that some beats get more emphasis than others. This helps us to hear and feel groupings within the music. It is similar to the way some poetry is structured in recurring, recognizable patterns, like our Pig Jig. It is also the beginnings of learning ROTE Counting.
This week in class we will experience music in groups of two beats and in groups of three beats as we dance to Boom pa pa, Mayo Nafwa, Waltz in A-flat, Can Ye Sew Cushions. We’ve experienced poetry patterned play with our Pig Jig, and we also moved directionally - straight, curvy, swoopy, swervy in our Boom pa pa and Hello Song. So much fun, while laying the groundwork for our children's future Math Skills.
Even more benefits . . .
- Form and Patterning and learning to listen and compare forms and patterns also develops analytical thought, geometric relationships, etc. and we will play with patterns in dance and song more in Level 2 (ages 2-4)
- By learning to feel the music in groups, your child will be able to better feel and express music as he/she matures, that includes feeling the downbeat of each measure/group of beats when singing/playing in ensembles. And you don't have to wait until they are grown-up, because your little one will be enjoying ensemble play in Level 3 (ages 3.5-5).
- Grouping beats together organizes the music in time. When we practice feeling the beats in groups, we are developing a sense of timing, a physical coordination within time, an important skill for playing sports, dancing with a ballet company, or marching in the school band.
- Feeling the beat will help your child be a better music reader because it combines the visual skill of reading notation with the kinesthetic experience of feeling the beats in groups. Kindermusik uses multi-sensory learning experiences to meet the needs of each child and teach melodic and rhythmic dictation in Kindermusik for the Young Child (ages 5-7).
HOME ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
1) Home Journal Week #4 -"Field Trip”
- 1-2-3 Dance to Waltz in A-flat, and Boom pa pa
- 1-2, 1-2. 1-2-3, 1-2-3 Dance to Mayo Nafwa
- Rock to a mellow section of 1-2-3, followed by a peppy 1-2 grouping in Can Ye Sew Cushions?
- Speak a patterned toe-play rhyme using your HIGH and LOW voice pattern in Pig Jig
- Enjoy a Field Trip and discover patterns EVERYWHERE!
2) New to Kindermusik? Here are your First Class Documents
- Click here to download your Do-Si-Do PDF Journal
Click here for your copy of You See/We See
- Click here to download your Biography Form to complete and bring to class next week.
- Click here for your copy of Foundations Helpful Guidelines
Here is a Sign Language Website for your reference throughout the semester.
3) Mark Your Calendars - 2025-2026:
- November 24-28: Thanksgiving Break
- December 5: Caroling and Cocoa 6:00-7:00 at FPC
- December 22-January 9: Holiday Break (3 weeks)
- January 26-30: Spring 2025 curriculum starts
- March 23-27: Spring Break
- May 11-15: last week of the school year
- May 19: Kindermusik Graduation
- TBA - 2026 Summer Camps
4) Listen - listen - listen to your music. Familiarize your baby (and yourself) with some of the songs we will be singing over the next few weeks by listening to your class music in the car, at Grandma’s, the sitter, everywhere!
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