Music Goals for 2's and 2 1/2's

• To have musical experiences that will be a vital link to a person's lifelong enjoyment of, and participation in music.
• Use songs that teachers can use in their classroom with the daily lesson themes.
• Learn shapes, colors, and numbers 1-10 using songs.
• Learn to follow "three step" instructions.
• Learn skills that include listening, sitting, waiting, sharing, and taking turns.
• Learn, through songs, to recognize feelings and use words to express them.
• Learn simple sign language with songs.
• Learn to roll a ball, shake a bean bag, or other objects to the rhythm of music.
• Sing about family/holidays and manners (hello, good-bye).
• Meet the child's need to move by marching, dancing, running, etc. to music.
• Use rhythm instruments for their hand-eye coordination.
• Use songs intended to be sung by children.
• Use songs and poems intended to be read or sung by the teacher.
• Use songs to be sung by children in the range of "middle C: to second space A in the treble clef.
• Learn to become well rounded persons through appropriate musical experiences.

Music Goals for 3's

Music goals seek to do the following:

• Foster the feeling, among the children, that school is a fun place to be.
• Foster the feeling, among the children, that their teachers and classmates care about them.
• Foster language development.
• Foster listening skills.
• Foster the development of gross motor and fine motor skills.

Specifically, through the use of songs, poems, finger plays, movement, dance playing and hearing instruments, visual aids and listening exercises, the music goals seek to help the children:

• Learn how to take turns
• Learn how to share - instruments, for example
• Learn how to communicate with the teachers and with their classmates in appropriate ways
• Learn how to follow directions
• Learn how to listen while the teacher or classmates are talking
• Learn how to listen while listening music is being played
• Learn how to play with each other
• Learn how to use their imagination
• Learn how to sit in their own space in the music circle
• Learn how to listen quietly in music circle when the teacher is talking
• Learn how to sing songs together
• Learn how to mimic motions to some songs
• Learn the words and motions of finger plays

Music Goals for 4's

Music goals seek to do the following:

• Foster the feeling, among the children, that school is a fun place to be.
• Foster the feeling, among the children, that their teachers and classmates care about them.
• Foster language development.
• Foster listening skills.
• Foster the development of gross motor and fine motor skills.
• Foster social skills.
• Enhance letter recognition.
• Enhance number recognition and sequencing understanding.

Specifically, through the use of songs, poems, finger plays, movement, dance playing and hearing instruments, visual aids and listening exercises, the music goals seek to help the children:

• Learn how to take turns
• Learn how to share - instruments, for example
• Learn how to communicate with the teachers and with their classmates in appropriate ways
• Learn how to follow directions
• Learn how to listen while the teacher or classmates are talking
• Learn how to listen while listening music is being played
• Learn how to play with each other
• Learn how to use their imagination
• Learn how to sit in their own space in the music circle
• Learn how to listen quietly in music circle when the teacher is talking
• Learn how to sing songs together
• Learn how to mimic motions to some songs
• Learn the words and motions of finger plays
• Learn the words of rhythm poems
• Learn to play age-appropriate musical instruments
• Learn to use instruments safely
• Learn to put away instruments carefully
• Learn to do directed movement and free dance, safely

In addition to the above goals, additional goals for four year-olds include:

• Learn progressively more sophisticated songs from those of the three year-olds
• Learn how to use voices as instruments-using a "singing voice", singing softly or loudly
• Learn to sing around the piano or keyboard
• Learn to begin recognizing the same tunes used at different times with different words
• Introduce the children to different styles of music including some classical music
• Learn to memorize songs and poems and finger plays
• Learn to memorize motion sequences to music
• Learn to do group dance to music - circle games, freeze dance, chicken dance, etc.
• Learn to do group movement to music - marching gesturing, motions to words
• Learn to follow rhythmic patterns by clapping or with instruments
• Learn to sing with the class in front of an audience (as required)
• Learn to play various instruments for an entire song

In addition to the above goals, 5-day fours will also have the following goals:

• To be introduced to and begin recognizing some types of notes and musical terms-on printed music, on flashcards, or on the write board (example-Quarter notes, Treble Clef, etc.)
• To begin learning basics of reading music such as note values (whole notes, quarter rests, dynamics, etc.)

Goals for T's

Music goals seek to do the following:

• Foster the feeling, among the children, that school is a fun place to be
• Foster the feeling, among the children, that their teachers and classmates care about them
• Foster language development.
• Foster listening skills.
• Foster the development of gross motor and fine motor skills.
• Foster social skills.
• Enhance letter recognition.
• Enhance number recognition and sequencing understanding.

Specifically, through the use of songs, poems, finger plays, movement, dance playing and hearing instruments, visual aids and listening exercises, the music goals seek to help the children:

• Learn how to take turns
• Learn how to share - instruments, for example
• Learn how to communicate with the teachers and with their classmates in appropriate ways
• Learn how to follow directions
• Learn how to follow directions
• Learn how to listen while the teacher or classmates are talking
• Learn how to listen while listening music is being played
• Learn how to play with each other
• Learn how to use their imagination
• Learn how to sit in their own space in the music circle
• Learn how to listen quietly in music circle when the teacher is talking
• Learn how to sing songs together
• Learn how to mimic motions to some songs
• Learn the words and motions of finger plays
• Learn the words of rhythm poems
• Learn to play age-appropriate musical instruments
• Learn to use instruments safely
• Learn to put away instruments carefully
• Learn to do directed movement and free dance, safely

In addition to the above goals, additional goals for three year-olds include:

• Learn progressively more sophisticated songs from those of the four year-olds
• Learn how to use voices as instruments-using a "singing voice", singing softly or loudly
• Learn to sing around the piano or keyboard
• Learn to begin recognizing the same tunes used at different times with different words
• Introduce the children to different styles of music including some classical music
• Learn to memorize songs and poems and finger plays
• Learn to memorize motion sequences to music
• Learn to do group dance to music - circle games, freeze dance, chicken dance, etc.
• Learn to do group movement to music - marching gesturing, motions to words
• Learn to follow rhythmic patterns by clapping or with instruments
• Learn to sing with the class in front of an audience (as required)
• Learn to play various instruments for an entire song

In addition to the above goals, 5-day fours and Transition, will also have the following goals:

• To be introduced to and begin recognizing some types of notes and musical terms-on printed music, on flashcards, or on the write board (example-Quarter notes, Treble Clef, etc.)
• To begin learning basics of reading music such as note values (whole notes, quarter rests, dynamics, etc.)