Early Childhood Music Education
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DALCROZE EURHYTHMICS (3-7 years) These classes offer an integrated approach to understanding music. Through movement, singing, and improvisation, children explore music concepts and begin to develop music literacy. As children walk, run, and gallop, they experience beat, meter, and rhythm. As the year proceeds, students describe their rhythmic movement, identify note values, and begin to read and notate simple rhythms. When singing, they use their hands and arms to show the shape of a melody or phrase. Just as the walking and running movements help students feel and internalize rhythm, these arm movements help them feel and internalize the relationship of pitches while tuning the voice and ear to each other. Percussion instruments and props further enrich the class experience. The curriculum is shaped to the developmental needs and skills of the ages listed. It is a dynamic approach, grounded in kinesthetic experiences – a joyful way to learn, ideal for students of all ages. Teachers participating in Diller-Quaile's Graduate Level Dalcroze Courses/Certification Program observe the Thursday class.
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