Early childhood music curriculum by Maria AlleyAn Introduction to the World of Music

A music education program for children ages 3-8 which takes them on a magical journey around the world through song, dance and play.

Program Objectives:

  • To enhance the child's appreciation of music through multi-cultural musical games and recorded works which concentrate on movement, imagination and active listening. Rudimentary singing skills will also develop as the children take part in these activities.
  • girl playing maracasTo enable the child to distinguish between beat and rhythm with the use of percussion instruments.
  • To identify a selection of orchestral instruments by sound through the use of musical story recordings.
  • To give the children the opportunity to learn songs, games and dances from around the world with the use of CDs and recordable dolphin.
  • To introduce the children to music notation using popsicle sticks for building rhythms. These are rhythms they will have played on their instruments during previous weeks.

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What's included in the curriculum package

Preview the introduction, table of contents and some sample lesson plans here.

Listen to song samples from the CDs and see the complete songlist

Product information p. 1 and details p. 2

Print the brochure [PDF, 1.5 MB]

About the Author, Maria Alley

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"Music is to me the perfect expression of the soul" — Robert Schumann