New York Kindergarten Music Standards

The Kindergarten standards

Creating 6

• MU:Cr1.1.Ka

  With guidance, explore and experience music concepts (such as beat and melodic contour).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Tuning your Ukulele (5, Wk 4); Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20); Muffin Man (2, Wk 29); Skidamarink (2, Wk 30)

• MU:Cr1.1.Kb

  With guidance, generate musical ideas (such as movements or motifs).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32); Do Mi Sol Slide (PK, Wk 5); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (PK, Wk 15); Merrily We Roll Along (PK, Wk 18)

• MU:Cr2.1.Ka

  With guidance, demonstrate and select favorite musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Hello C (PK, Wk 1); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)

• MU:Cr2.1.Kb

  With guidance, organize personal musical ideas, using iconic notation and/or recording technology.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Melodies, Lines and Spaces (1, Wk 4); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35)

• MU:Cr3.1.Ka

  With guidance, apply personal, peer, and teacher feedback in refining musical ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7); Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9)

• MU:Cr3.2.Ka

  With guidance, demonstrate a final version of musical ideas to peers.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Three Cs Part II (5, Wk 12); The Wheels On the Bus (PK, Wk 12); Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17)

Performing 9

• MU:Pr4.1.Ka

  With guidance, demonstrate and state personal interest in varied musical selections provided by the teacher.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Birds Fly (K, Wk 14); Recorder King/Queen 4 - Dynamics (4, Wk 25)

• MU:Pr4.2.Ka

  With guidance, explore and demonstrate awareness of music contrasts (such as high/low, loud/soft, same/different) in a variety of music selected for performance.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36)

• MU:Pr4.3.Ka

  With guidance, demonstrate awareness of expressive qualities (such as voice quality, dynamics, and tempo) that support the creators’ expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Adagio, Andante and Moderato (K, Wk 22); Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); Dynamics (2, Wk 23)

• MU:Pr5.1.Ka

  With guidance, apply personal, teacher, and peer feedback to refine performances.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Intervals in C Major (3, Wk 7); Recorder King/Queen 5 - The Rainbows Shine (4, Wk 26)

• MU:Pr5.1.Kb

  With guidance, use suggested strategies in rehearsal to improve the expressive qualities of music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part III - Rehearsal (2, Wk 35); Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34)

• MU:Pr5.1.Kc

  Respond appropriately to aural and visual cues.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: What note is it? (K, Wk 29); Sixths Part II (3, Wk 25); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

• MU:Pr6.1.Ka

  With guidance, perform music with expression.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Recorder Squire 3 - Hot Cross Buns (4, Wk 9); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Compound Meter Part II (3, Wk 20)

• MU:Pr6.1.Kb

  Perform appropriately for the audience.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 36); Sweet Beets (PK, Wk 34); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35)

• MU:Pr6.1.Kc

  Respond appropriately to aural and visual cues.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: What note is it? (K, Wk 29); Sixths Part II (3, Wk 25); Trading 4s in C Major (2, Wk 24); Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22)

Responding 4

• MU:Re7.1.Ka

  With guidance, list personal interests and experiences and demonstrate why they prefer some teacher-provided music selections over others.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Harmonizing Part II (3, Wk 30); Harmonizing Part III (3, Wk 31)

• MU:Re7.2.Ka

  With guidance, demonstrate how a specific music concept (such as beat or melodic direction) is used in music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Mi Sol Stars (PK, Wk 20); Itsy Bitsy Spider (2, Wk 31); Hello C (PK, Wk 1); Solfege Slide in C Major (PK, Wk 6)

• MU:Re8.1.Ka

  With guidance, demonstrate awareness of expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo) that reflect creators’/ performers’ expressive intent.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Lightly Row Performance Part IV - Performance (2, Wk 36); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); Recorder Squire 4 - Gently Sleep (4, Wk 10); Hello Am Chord Part I (5, Wk 13)

• MU:Re9.1.Ka

  With guidance, apply personal and expressive preferences in the evaluation of music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Compound Meter Part IV (3, Wk 22); When The Saints Go Marching In Performance (3, Wk 35); Gently Sleep Performance (4, Wk 35); Dynamics (2, Wk 23)

Connecting 6

• MU:Cn10.1.Ka

  Explore and imitate sounds found in the environment.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Beet and Melon (K, Wk 3); Beet & Cherry (K, Wk 8); Beet & Watermelon (K, Wk 16); Hi High C (K, Wk 11)

• MU:Cn10.1.Kb

  Imagine and describe places, times, and reasons for making and listening to music.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Beet & Shh (K, Wk 6); 1 8 They're Great (K, Wk 13); What note is it? (K, Wk 29)

• MU:Cn10.1.Kc

  Illustrate musical ideas through movements (such as dramatizations of books or stories).

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Welcome to Music (K, Wk 1); Steady Beat with Sweet Beats (K, Wk 2); Wheels on the Bus (2, Wk 32); Beet & Cherry (PK, Wk 25)

• MU:Cn10.1.Kd

  Manipulate music concepts (such as tempo and dynamics) in order to express ideas.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Soft & Loud (K, Wk 15); Wheels on the Bus (K, Wk 35); Dynamics (2, Wk 23); C Major Deskbells Review (2, Wk 26)

• MU:Cn11.1.Ka

  Explore folk music from a variety of cultures and discuss the music’s culture of origin.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Holiday Songs (1, Wk 17); Welcome (5, Wk 1); Lightly Row Performance Part I - Steps & Skips (2, Wk 33); Recorder King/Queen 6 - Au Clair de la Lune (4, Wk 27)

• MU:Cn11.1.Kb

  With guidance, discuss preferences for varied musical styles and repertoire.

  Taught in Prodigies PK-5: Sound vs Noise/Bell or Boomwhacker? (K, Wk 23); Chord Progressions Part IV (5, Wk 21); Strumming Basics (5, Wk 22); Beet & Cherry (PK, Wk 25)