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EARLY CHILDHOOD STANDARDS / SUPPORT

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NATIONAL STANDARDS OF MUSIC EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL / EARLY CHILDHOOD

CONTENT STANDARD 1: Singing and Playing Instruments
Achievement Standard
     a. Use voices expressively as the speak, chant, and sing
     b. Sing a variety of simple songs in various keys, meters, and genres, alone and with a group
     c. Experiment with a variety of instruments and other sound sources
     d. Play simple melodies and accompaniments on instruments


CONTENT STANDARD 2: Creating Music
Achievement Standard
     a. Improvise songs to accompany their play activities
     b. Improvise instrumental accompaniments to songs, recorded selections, stories, and poems
     c. Create short pieces of music, using voices, instruments, and other sound sources
     d. Invent and use original graphic or symbolic systems to represent vocal and instrumental sounds
         and musical ideas


CONTENT STANDARD 3: Responding to Music
Achievement Standard
     a. Identify the sources of a wide variety of sounds
     b. Respond through movement to music of various tempos, meters, dynamics, modes, genres, and
         styles
         to express what they hear and feel in works of music
     c. Participate freely in music activities


CONTENT STANDARD 4: Understanding Music
Achievement Standard
     a. Use their own vocabulary and standard music vocabulary to describe voices, instruments, music
         notation, and music of various genres, styles, and periods from diverse cultures
     b. Sing, play instruments, move, or verbalized to demonstrate awareness of the elements of music
         and changes in their usage
     c. Demonstrate an awareness of music as part of daily life