Immanuel Kindergarten

Kindergarten students at Immanuel meet weekly for Music Makers: At Home in the World--a year long, holistic music program developed by Musikgarten. Students learn fundamental music skills (beat competency, pitch matching, and aural discrimination) in active, varied, and developmentally appropriate activities that they love!

Kindergarteners are introduced to the families of orchestral instruments in quarterly units that correspond to various natural environments. The thematic content of our song lyrics, games, and other activities are inspired by the various animals found in these habitats:

Brass (My Home Place)

   Percussion (The Woodlands)

   Woodwinds (The Cattail Marsh)

   Strings (The Meadow)

The concept of musical notation is introduced at this stage. Musical notation is the association of visual graphics with the aural patterns they have come to recognize in class. There is also a new emphasis on ensemble development (two-sections of instruments, duets, beginning rounds, open 5ths, ostinati, etc.)