Grade: Kindergarten
Duration: 36 weeks
Kindergarten music captures the magic of the seasons. Children will enjoy shivering to spooky music, dancing to Christmas melodies, huddling from stormy musical concoctions, and skipping to renewing spring compositions. Lesson guides with directions, synopses, enrichment activities, and review questions accompany each of the 36 musical selections. All of the music is included on the website. Just click a button and enjoy!
Grade: First
Duration: 36 weeks
This course continues the study of classical music in a pictorial way, combining music with famous works of art. Compositions inspired by art, poetry, and concrete places and things from Modest Mussorgsky, Gustav Holst, Frédéric Chopin, John Philip Sousa, Claude Debussy, and Edvard Grieg are featured this year. The ultimate aim is for children to enjoy classical music and to become familiar with master composers and their works. Lesson guides with directions, synopses, enrichment activities, and review questions accompany all 36 musical selections. All of the music is included on the website. Just click a button and enjoy!
Grade: Second
Duration: 36 weeks
Second grade music features twenty string, keyboard, and percussion instruments. Selected musical compositions, sound clips, and artwork highlight the featured instruments. Instruments include the violin, the cello, the viola, the piano, the harp, the snare drum, and the xylophone. Lesson guides with directions, synopses, enrichment activities, and review questions accompany all 36 musical selections. All of the music is included on the website. Just click a button and enjoy!
Grade: Third
Duration: 36 weeks
Third grade music features eight woodwind and brass instruments. Selected musical compositions, sound clips, and artwork highlight the featured instruments. Instruments include the flute, the clarinet, the oboe, the bassoon, the trumpet, the trombone, the French horn, and the tuba. Lesson guides with directions, synopses, enrichment activities, and review questions accompany all 36 musical selections. All of the music is included on the website. Just click a button and enjoy!
Grade: Fourth
Duration: 36 weeks
Fourth grade music features works of the opera and ballet that combine storytelling and music. Featured works include 'Hansel and Gretel,' 'The Nutcracker,' 'Swan Lake,' and 'The Magic Flute.' Lesson guides with directions, synopses, and enrichment activities accompany all 36 musical lessons. All of the music is included on the website. Just click a button and enjoy!
Grade: Fifth
Duration: 36 weeks
Fifth grade music showcases the twelve of the famous composers featured in the 'Child's Own Book of Famous Musicians' series by Thomas Tapper. Learn about the lives and music of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, and other titans of composition. Lesson guides with directions, synopses, and enrichment activities accompany all 36 musical lessons. All of the music is included on the website. Just click a button and enjoy!
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