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Preschool Music Services & Curriculum
Makin' Music provides weekly music services to childcare centers and daycare family homes in the Arkansas River Valley area. Each week we provide developmentally appropriate music that is both fun and educational at the same time meeting the frameworks for Arkansas Early Childhood Frameworks and the Pre-K standards for Music Educators National Conference. Our curriculum is not that of Kindermusik or Musikgarten. It has been developed by Brian Faulkner over the past 14 years. A great emphasis is placed on hands on experience with actual music instruments - both band, orchestral, and various ethnic. When our children enter Kindergarten most are several grade levels ahead of their counterparts.
In the typical class time that ranges for 20-30 minutes, the children will participate in teacher led activities as well as child led and selected activities. They are allowed to request for songs that they would like to hear during 1/4 of our class time. We also strive to integrate our activities with the curriculum that your center uses and can provide supplemental songs to aide in the learning process.
Throughout the year, children are exposed to a myriad of multicultural styles of music, given the opportunity to build instruments, and also learn basic music concepts appropriate to their age groups. Below you will find our curriculum for the school year and a list of our clients. If you are interested in becoming one of our clients please contact us.
Our Weekly Curriculum for the 2011-2012 School Year
Week of:
August 22, 2011
Holiday: Back-to-school!
Instrument: No instrument yet
Home Project: Listen to different types of music. What do you like best?
Education Standards: Developing listening skills/following directions
Description: This week we will work on our listening skills and learning how to follow the directions in the songs.
Listening Week of:
August 29, 2011
Holiday: Back-to-school!
Instrument: The Musical Conductor/Director
Home Project: Listen to music with your family and "conduct" and imaginary band
Education Standards: Developing listening skills/following directions
Description: We learn about the conductor/director and their job as the musical leader. We also talk about drum majors who lead marching bands.
Listening Week of:
September 5, 2011
Holiday: Labor Day - Sept 5 / Patriot Day - Sept. 11 / Grandparents' Day - Sept 11
Instrument: No instrument yet
Home Project: Listen to different types of music. What do you like best?
Education Standards: Developing listening skills/following directions
Description: This week we will work on our listening skills and learning how to follow the directions in the songs.
Listening Week of:
September 12, 2011
Holidays: National Anthem Day - Sept 14,
Patriot Day- Sept 11
Instrument: Trumpet
Home Project: Visit the National Anthem Website / Build your own trumpet
Education Standards: Developing singing skills
Description: We learn to stand with our hand over our heart when the National Anthem is performed. I will use a poster that depicts what Francis Scott Key saw when he wrote the song.
Listening Week of:
September 19. 2011
Holiday: International Day of Peace - September 21
Instrument:
Home Project:
Education Standards: Marching in time
Description: We will listen to marching band music to go along with football season. While doing this we will learn to march in a line listening to the beat of the drums.
Fast and Slow Week of:
September 26, 2011
Holiday: First Day of Autumn - September 23
Instrument: Trombone
Home Project: Build a strawbone
Education Standards: Understanding the difference between fast and slow
Description: This week will include Big Band and Jazz music from the early and mid 20th century. We will pretend to play our trumpets and trombones along with learning to "scat" sing.
Fast and Slow Week of:
October 3, 2011
Holiday: None
Instrument: None
Home Project:
Education Standards: Tapping, clapping, and snapping in rhythm along with music
Description: We are going to learn a new song "Walk & Stop" which requires us to listen to what the music tells us to do and then do it.
Fast and Slow
Week of:
October 10, 2011
Holiday: Columbus Day
Instrument: French Horn
Home Project: Build a French hose
Education Standards: We are learning that the longer the tubing in an instrument, the lower the pitch.
Description: We will listen to music from movies that use orchestra. Indiana Jones, Spiderman, and many other movies that are kid favorites.
Fast and Slow
Week of:
October 17, 2011
Holiday: Halloween
Instrument: None
Home Project: Sing the "Soft/Loud Lullaby" for your family.
Education Standards: Distinguishing between soft and loud
Description: We will practice soft and loud by singing our "Soft and Loud Lullaby"
Soft and Loud Week of:
October 24, 2011
Holiday: United Nations Day & Halloween
Instrument: Tuba
Home Project: Do the Chicken Dance at home with your family
Education Standards: We are learning that the longer the tubing in an instrument, the lower the pitch.
Description: This week we will learn about Polka music. We will do such songs as "The Chicken Dance" and "The Happy Wanderer". What instruments are in a Polka band?
Soft and Loud Week of:
October 31, 2011
Holiday: Halloween
Instrument: None
Home Project:
Education Standards:
Description:
Soft and Loud
Week of:
November 7, 2011
Holiday: Veteran's Day
Instrument: Flute
Home Project: Use plastic bottles to blow across to practice flute blowing
Education Standards: Music history - Patriotic music
Description: We listen to some great music including drum & fife corps music. We will also learn how to use an empty bottle to blow on like a flute
Soft and Loud
Week of:
November 14, 2011
Holiday: Thanksgiving
Instrument: None
Home Project: Go to this web page to learn some turkey songs for Thanksgiving
Education Standards: Music history - Thanksgiving music
Description: This week we will learn our Thanksgiving songs.
Singing expressively
Week of:
November 21, 2011
Holiday: Thanksgiving
Instrument: Clarinet
Home Project: Go to this web page to learn some turkey songs for Thanksgiving
Education Standards: Major & minor sound (Happy and sad)
Description: We will listen and dance to Jewish music. We will listen to songs to understand how the songs sound minor.
Singing expressively
Week of:
November 28, 2011
Holiday:
Instrument: Voice
Home Project: How long can you go without talking . . . just singing?
Education Standards: Vocal music - singing expressively
Description: We will learn about opera and musicals this week. Enjoy some great Disney favorite movie songs..
Singing expressively
Week of:
December 5, 2011
Instrument: Saxophone
Home Project: What TV, cartoon, and famous people play saxophone?
Education Standards: Music history - oldies rock
Description: We will do songs from the 50's that have saxophone in them. Bring your sunglasses as we become cool rockers from the 50's. I'll supply the jukebox!
Singing expressively
Week of:
December 12, 2011
Instrument: Jingle Bells
Home Project: Build your own jingles bells at home
Education Standards: Holiday songs
Description: For the duration of December most of our music will be both Christmas and Hanukkah. We will throw in fun songs along the way.
Week of:
December 19, 2011
Instrument: Sleigh bells
Home Project: Build your own jingles bells at home
Education Standards: Holiday songs
Description: For the duration of December most of our music will be both Christmas and Hanukkah. We will throw in fun songs along the way.
There will be no music classes the week of December 26-30, 2011 - Enjoy your family time! Week of:
January 2, 2012
Holiday: Back-to-school!
Instrument: None
Home Project: Listen to different types of music. What do you like best?
Education Standards: Developing listening skills/following directions
Description: This week we will work on our listening skills and learning how to follow the directions in the songs.
Listening
Week of:
January 9, 2012
Holiday: ML King Day
Instrument: Tambourine
Home Project: Make a tambourine at home
Education Standards: Fast & Slow
Description: Celebrate African-American music, gospel and the blues. We will hear Bo Diddley play blues on the only children's recording he ever performed.
Listening
Week of:
January 16, 2012
Holiday: Chinese New Year
Instrument: Erhu
Home Project: Make a pipa - Chinese string instrument
Education Standards: Multicultural music - Chinese
Description: Mulan comes to Arkansas! We get to play the Chinese two-stringed violin that is made of python skin. Ooooooooooooo!
Listening
Week of:
January 23, 2012
Holiday: None
Instrument: Snare Drum
Home Project: Build coffee can drums
Education Standards: Visit this site to learn about drum corp and marching Drum Corp
Description: Beat it, beat it, just take a drum and beat it! We get to see how a snare drum works and how the drum head vibrates.
Listening
Week of:
January 30, 2012
Holiday: National Freedom Day / Groundhog Day
Instrument: Glockenspiel, Marimba, & Xylophone
Home Project: Build a xylophone
Education Standards: Multicultural music
Description: We learn about the keyboard percussion instruments. These look like big piano keys, but we hit them with mallets.
Fast and slow
Week of:
February 6, 2012
Holiday: Valentine's Day
Instrument: Harp
Home Project:
Education Standards: Understanding music - string instruments
Description: We get to play Cupid's instrument this week! Love songs for everyone. Don't get too mushy!
Fast and slow
Week of:
February 13, 2012
Holiday: Mardi Gras
Instrument: Banjo
Home Project: Make a Mardi Gras mask at home
Education Standards: American music - Dixieland jazz
Description: Get your beads and masks and join our Dixieland band as we march in our Mardi Gras parade. We will need to bring our pretend instruments for the march!
Fast and slow
Week of:
February 20, 2012
Holiday: President's Day
Instrument: Lap dulcimer
Home Project: See how many folksongs you know.
Education Standards: American music - Folk
Description:
Fast and slow
Week of:
February 27, 2012
Holiday:
Instrument: Violin
Home Project: Look up "The Arkansas Traveler" on the internet.
Education Standards: American music - Bluegrass
Description: We learn the story and song, "The Arkansas Traveler". We also learn how violin bows are made and what the difference is between a violin and fiddle.
Soft and Loud
Week of:
March 5, 2012
Holiday:
Instrument: Cello
Home Project: Build a styrocello.
Education Standards: Classical music - listening to loud and soft.
Description: This week we look at one of the big members of the string family. You have to sit down to play the cello.
Soft and Loud
Week of:
March 12, 2012
Holiday: St. Patricks Day
Instrument: Bodhran & Bagpipes
Home Project:
Education Standards: Multicultural music - Irish/Celtic
Description: Wear your green and get ready to dance an Irish jig! Where's me Lucky Charms?
Soft and Loud
Week of:
March 19, 2012
Holiday: Spring Break
Instrument: None
Home Project: None
Education Standards: This week we are having fun!
Description: It's party time! I'll supply the bubble machines.
Soft and Loud
Week of:
March 26, 2012
Holiday: April Fool's Day
Instrument: Ukelele
Home Project: Learn to hula dance
Education Standards: American music - Hawaiin
Description: We're going to learn to dance a hula dance.
Singing expressively
Week of:
April 2, 2012
Holiday: Easter
Instrument: Shofar
Home Project:
Education Standards: Multicultural music - Israel
Description: Go back to Bible days when the shofar was used to call people to the temple. We also see a shofar made from a kudu horn. What is a kudu?
Singing expressively
Week of:
April 9, 2012
Holiday:
Instrument: Saz
Home Project: Watch a video at home about the Saz
Education Standards: Multicultural music - Middle Eastern
Description: We're dancing all around the world! We will get to see an instrument from Afghanistan.
Singing expressively
Week of:
April 16, 2012
Holiday: Earth Day
Instrument: Digeridoo
Home Project: Make and decorate a digeridoo
Education Standards: Multicultural music - Australia
Description: Go to the land down under and have an all "Wiggles" music day.
Singing expressively
Week of:
April 23, 2012
Holiday:
Instrument: Washboard
Home Project:
Education Standards: American music - Cajun & Zydeco
Description: Break out the crawfish . . . let's have a Cajun dance party!
Listening
Week of:
April 30, 2012
Holiday: Cinco de Mayo & Mother's Day
Instrument: Concertina & Accordian
Home Project:
Education Standards: Multicultural music - Mariachi
Description: Get ready for the Mexican hat dance! We will do Mariachi and tejano music.
Fast and Slow
Week of:
May 7, 2012
Holiday: Mother's Day
Instrument: Steel Drum
Home Project: Watch a video of a steel drum band with my family
Education Standards: Multicultural music - Caribbean
Description: Beach time in the Caribbean with steel drum and reggae music.
Soft and Loud
Week of:
May 14, 2012
Holiday: Armed Forces Day
Instrument: Djembe & Kalimba
Home Project: Build a kalimba
Education Standards: Multicultural music - African
Description: We sing "Kye, Kye, Kule" learning an African call and response song. We will also learn some greetings in African through another song.
Singing expressively
Week of:
May 21, 2012
Holiday: Memorial Day
Instrument: Guitar
Home Project: Build a shoebox guitar.
Education Standards: American Music - Cowboy
Description: We're going to sing around the campfire.
Week of:
May 28, 2012
Holiday: Memorial Day
Instrument: Bag of Leftovers
Home Project: See what kind of "found" instruments you can locate in your home
Education Standards: Having fun!
Description: It is party time and we're here to just have fun!
Have a great Summer - See you next year!
MENC Preschool Music Standards
Our current Early Childhood clients are . . .
Arkansas Center for Music Education (ACME) - Russellville
Children Are Special - Pottsville
Beginnings - Morrilton
First Start Learning Academy - Morrilton
Garden of Creative Learning - Russellville
Grins and Giggles - Russellville
Polly's Playhouse - Russellville
Shinn's Preschool & Nursery - Russellville
Step by Step - Perryville
Tot's Landing - Plumerville
UACCM Earle Love Child Study Center - Morrilton
Yellow Brick Road - Atkins
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