our homeschool curriculum plans for
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Our Homeschool
Curriculum Plans For...
Our
8-Week Music Curriculum
homeschoolden.com Music resources we are using can be found at susanparadis.com
and laytonmusic.wordpress.com and The Big Book of Music Games,
Grades K - 5. (Affiliate Link)
Music Curriculum Plans
for the Fall Semester
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This packet is a rough outline of the activities we will be doing this fall to help the kids learn to read music,
learn the corresponding music note on the piano, and to learn basic music notations. Often I don't share our
materials until after we have finished a unit... so just know this is a work in progress!
Twice a week or so, I want to go over music notes and their location on the piano/keyboard as well as some of
the basic music symbols and notation. I realized that while the kids can play pieces on the piano, they cannot
read music. So, the plan is to slowly but surely make sure they learn and build on those skills.
My kids have a basic understanding of music, so we are not starting from zero. You may need to go faster or
slower based on the needs of your students. I love the playful, fun materials shared by Susan Paradis and
Layton Music. I can't say enough about the amazing resources available at these blogs! Those worksheets &
games and material from The Big Book of Music Games, Grades K - 5. (Affiliate Link) are the basis for our
semester of music study.
The plan is to spend about 15 minutes twice a week. The kids also are learning pieces on the piano and I'll be
teaching the kids a bit of recorder this year as well. I want to be able to just glance at what to do so I wrote up
this 8 or 9-week schedule. By the end I hope the kids know 2 octaves worth of notes on the staff and their
location on a keyboard/piano. The pdf shows how we'll use these music worksheets and music games each
week.
We will also be using The Big Book of Music Games, Grades K - 5. (Affiliate Link) This is a great resource for
learning music symbols & notes. It is NOT a book for playing musical games like singing games or group
games (such as square dancing type activities), but is absolutely perfect for our purposes (learning notes,
various music symbols, intervals, etc.).
We will not be doing any music appreciation (learning about famous composers). You know, there are just not
enough hours in the day!
Games and materials over at susanparadis.com and laytonmusic.wordpress.com
I am incredibly grateful to Susan Paradis and Layton Music for all of the fun activities they have shared on their
blogs.
~Liesl
Week 1
Learn these new notes: B C C D
Rhythm Clapping, Introduce value of notes (quarter, half, dotted half, whole). Play Climb the Mountain
What are these notes? Write them in. Identify the types of notes in this piece. Q-quarter note H-half note W
whole note
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This week's notes:
Week 2
Review B C D
Learn these new notes: A E
Rhythm: What types of notes are these?
What are these notes? Write them in. Identify the types of notes in this piece. Q-quarter note H-half note W
whole note DH-dotted half note
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Week 3
Review A B C D E
Learn these new notes: G F
What are these notes? Write them in. Identify the types of notes in this piece. Q-quarter note H-half note W
whole note DH-dotted half note
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Week 4
Review G A B C D E F
Learn these new notes: F G
Rhythm: Introduce eighth notes and eighth rests
What are these notes? Write them in. Identify the types of notes in this piece. H-half note W-whole note DH-
dotted half note Q-quarter note E-eighth note
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Week 5
Review F G A B C D E F G
Learn these new notes: E A
What are these notes? Write them in. Identify the types of notes in this piece. H-half note W-whole note DH-
dotted half note Q-quarter note E-eighth note
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Week 6
Review E F G A B C D E F G A
Learn these new notes: D B
What are these notes? Write them in. Identify the types of notes in this piece. H-half note W-whole note DH-
dotted half note Q-quarter note E-eighth note
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Week 7
Review D E F G A B C D E F G A B
Learn these new notes: C C
What are these notes? Write them in. Identify the types of notes in this piece. H-half note W-whole note DH-
dotted half note Q-quarter note E-eighth note
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Week 8
Review C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C
Learn these new notes: B D
Identify the notes and symbols on the music page provided.
Draw the symbols:
staff
measure treble clef bass clef
sharp
flat double bar repeat sign
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Week 9
Review B C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C D
Learn these new notes: A E
Identify the notes and symbols on the music page provided.
Draw the symbols:
natural sign
piano forte crescendo
decrescendo
eighth rest tie quarter rest
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Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10
My Music Practice Chart
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Week 1
Candy Corn Cards, Rhythm Cards, Fly Swatter Game, Fast Lane, level 1, Dime on the Staff, Climb the Mountain.
Introduce the 3 notes with Beginner Note Names Sheet, Play Fly Swatter Game (also in a smaller size)
Use the Animal Alphabet Clothespin Matching
Go over Fast Lane, level 1, cut the page into strips and have the kids identify the notes.
Have the kids place a dime on the staff for the notes they learned Dime on the Staff page
Introduce quarter, half, dotted-half, and whole notes. Rhythm clapping.
Play Climb the Mountain
Week 2
Play Fly Swatter Game, Place Dime on the Staff,, Random Notes Page, Rhythm Cards with rhythm sticks, Rhythm
Pizza Printable, Table Top Piano
Similar to week one, but also have the kids use rhythm sticks with the rhythm cards
Go over rhythms of notes using the Rhythm Pizza Printable
Introduce names and values of the rests
Week 3
Music Terms Bingo Game, Ladybug piano keys & music notes, Rhythm Cards, Table Top Piano
This week in addition to the new notes, start going over music terms like staff, measure, etc.
Play Ladybug piano keys & notes game
Week 4
Ice Cream Cards, Notes on a staff & intervals such as: repeat, step (2), Skip (3rd), Leap (4th) p. 264-265,
Fast Lane Level 2, Rhythm Board Game, Table Top Piano
This week have the kids start with the ice cream matching cards
Rhythm: Introduce eighth notes and eighth rests
Go over do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do (Use games from pages 22 to 55) 265 in the Big Book of Music
Games (affiliate link)
Use Fast Lane Level 2 page
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Go over intervals.... repeating a note, step, skip, leap. Sing or play notes for the kids & have them write
down what they hear with dimes (repeating notes, skipping notes, stepping, etc.) pages 262-278 in the
Big Book of Music Games (affiliate link) Play the rhythm board game
Week 5
Fishing Cards & Fish Rhythm Cards, Music Terms Bingo (Easy Level Bingo, More Advanced Music Terms and
Symbols) , Find the Starting Note Page with Table Top Piano, Another way to introduce the grand staff
worksheet
Go fishing this week. Use the rests and notes fishing cards. Have the kids identify the note, etc. (Play
this with a game board too?)
Printable: Another way to introduce grand staff worksheet
Week 6
Sight Reading Cards, Pumpkin Cards and Music File Folder Game (Use these to play a Bump Game)
Introduce the sight reading cards on piano
Play Pumpkin Game
Week 7
Heart Matching Game, Search and Find the Notes Pages in a quick-paced bingo type game (Middle C, Search and
Find D, Search and Find E, Search and Find F, Search and Find G, Search and Find Bass A, Search and Find Bass G,
Search and Find Bass F ) , Fast Lane Level 3 and 4 pages
Week 8 & 9
Halloween Materials Bats and Cats Rhythm Game, (Gameboard) -- : Bats and Cats (gameboard), Fast Lane Level
5 and 6
Have photocopies of some sheet music ready. Have the students write in the notes, rhythms and
identify/discuss the music notation. Include dynamics (p, mp, f, ff) and a discussion of terms such as staff,
measure, sharp, flat, crescendo, decrescendo, repeat sign, treble clef, bass clef
Save the Turkey: Music Symbols and Terms
Song Ideas:
Alleluia
Clementine
Dona Nobis Pacem
Down in the Valley
Drill Ye Terriers Drill
Drunken Sailor
Erie Canal
Git Along Little Doggies
Hey, Ho, Nobody Home
Liza Jane
Oh, Susanna
Old Joe Clark
Rose, Rose (as a round)
Row, Row, Row Your Boat (as a round)
She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain
Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me
The Streets of Laredo
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Tom Dooley
What'll We Do with the Baby-O
Yankee Doodle
Some of the printables we'll be using (and mentioned above). Most of these are available at Susan Paradis's
blog: susanparadis.com
These are from Layton Music
Ladybug and Heart Music Notes - susanparadis.com
Music Bingo
Rhythm Game board, Sight reading cards, hand position worksheet: (All from susanparadis.com )
There are also a number of holiday themed music materials. We'll probably use the Halloween games/activities
(All from susanparadis.com ) :
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mountain, deepest spot in the ocean, etc.
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largest cities, neighbors
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and for 3-7 year olds, our 60+ page Dinosaur Packet!
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Pages
Plus we have packets on the Civil Rights Movement, Africa, India, Genghis
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etc.), and much more!! ~Liesl
World Religions
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