Classroom Music For Little Mozarts

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TABLE OF CONTENTS (curriculum):

Preliminary Information

  • About Classroom Music for Little Mozarts
  • To the Teacher
  • Complete List of Materials Needed to Teach
  • Classroom Music for Little Mozarts, Levels 1-4
  • The Importance of Early Childhood Music
  • Reasons for Music in the Early Childhood Classroom
  • Characteristics of Four-, Five-, and Six-Year Olds
  • Special Considerations in Teaching Music to Young Children
  • The National Standards for Music Education
  • Music and the Early Childhood Teacher
  • Skills and Concepts Included in Classroom Music for Little Mozarts
  • Listening
  • Singing
  • Playing Instruments
  • Recommended Percussion Instruments
  • Movement
  • Visual Representation (music reading)
  • Concepts and Vocabulary
  • Classroom and Individual Opportunities for Music Learning
  • The Classroom Lesson Format
  • The Music Center
  • The Detailed Lesson Plans
  • Pacing the Classroom Lesson

Classroom Lesson Plans

  • Lesson One: New Music Friends
  • Overview
  • Detailed Lesson Plan
  • Ideas for Connections in the Music Center
  • Lesson Two: Moving to Music
  • Overview
  • Detailed Lesson Plan
  • Ideas for Connections in the Music Center
  • Lesson Three: Sound and More Sound
  • Overview
  • Detailed Lesson Plan
  • Ideas for Connections in the Music Center
  • Lesson Four: Speed Limits
  • Overview
  • Detailed Lesson Plan
  • Ideas for Connections in the Music Center
  • Lesson Five: Try This!
  • Overview
  • Detailed Lesson Plan
  • Ideas for Connections in the Music Center
  • Lesson Six: Get That Beat!
  • Overview
  • Detailed Lesson Plan
  • Ideas for Connections in the Music Center
  • Lesson Seven: Music Signs
  • Overview
  • Detailed Lesson Plan
  • Ideas for Connections in the Music Center
  • Lesson Eight: Quiet, Please!
  • Overview
  • Detailed Lesson Plan
  • Ideas for Connections in the Music Center
  • Lesson Nine: Building with Patterns
  • Overview
  • Detailed Lesson Plan
  • Ideas for Connections in the Music Center
  • Lesson Ten: Sharing with Friends
  • Overview
  • Detailed Lesson Plan
  • Ideas for Connections in the Music Center

Support Materials

  • Appendix A: Student Assessment
  • Appendix B: CD Track List
  • Appendix C: Complete Story
  • The Musical Adventures of Beethoven Bear and Mozart Mouse
  • Appendix D: Big Music Book Pages
  • Appendix E: Coloring Pages
  • Appendix F: Piano Arrangements
  • Appendix G: The National Pre-Kindergarten Standards for Music Education (Ages 2-4)
  • Appendix H: The National Standards for Music Education (Grades K-4)
  • Index
  • Songs by Lesson
  • Songs by Title

CD TRACK LIST:

  1. Hello Song
  2. Chapter 1 Story
  3. High And Low Song
  4. If You're Happy And You Know It
  5. Do You Know?
  6. Chapter 2 Story
  7. The Itsy Bitsy Spider
  8. Racing Car
  9. Chapter 3 Story
  10. Giant's Lullaby
  11. Ludwig Van Beethoven's Rage Over The Lost Penny
  12. Franz Joseph Haydn's Surprise Symphony
  13. Chapter 4 Story
  14. The Old Gray Cat
  15. Chapter 5 Story
  16. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
  17. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
  18. Chapter 6 Story
  19. Do, Re, Mi Tapping Song
  20. Johnny Works With One Hammer
  21. John Philip Sousa's Stars And Stripes Forever
  22. Chapter 7 Story
  23. Johann Sebastian Bach's Musette In D
  24. Chapter 8 Story
  25. Mozart Mouse's Song
  26. Mexican Hat Dance
  27. Ludwig Van Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 In C Minor
  28. Chapter 9 Story
  29. Chapter 10 Story
  30. Goodbye Song