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Our Preschool Music Services
Makin' Music provides weekly music services to childcare centers and daycare family homes throughout the central Arkansas area. Each week we provide developmentally appropriate music that is both fun and educational at the same time meeting the frameworks for Arkansas Early Childhood Curriculum and the Pre-K standards for Music Educators National Conference. Our curriculum is not that of Kindermusik or Musikgarten. It has been developed by Brian Faulkner over the past 9 years. A great emphasis is placed on hands on experience with actual music instruments - both band and various ethnic. When our children enter Kindergarten most are several grade levels ahead of their counterparts.
In the typical class time that ranges for 20-30 minutes, the children will participate in teacher led activities as well as child led and selected activities. They are allowed to request for songs that they would like to hear during 1/3 of our class time. We also strive to integrate our activities with the curriculum that your center uses and can provide supplemental songs to aide in the learning process.
Throughout the year, children are exposed to a myriad of multicultural styles of music, given the opportunity to build instruments, and also learn basic music concepts appropriate to their age groups. Below you will find our curriculum for the school year and a list of our clients. If you are interested in becoming one of our clients, or possibly in franchising in your area, please contact us.
Our Weekly Curriculum for the Spring 2008 School Year
Week Beginning
Holiday Instrument of the Week Projects Music Styles Emphasized Music Standards Description January 7
Snare Drum Build coffee can drums Drum Corps Loud vs. Soft Beat it, beat it, just take a drum and beat it! January 14
Djembe African Loud vs. Soft Multicultural We sing "Kye, Kye, Kule" learning African call and response song. January 21
ML King Day Tambourine Build tambourines Gospel Fast vs. Slow Celebrate African-American music, gospel and the blues. January 28
Kalimba Build a kalimba African Loud vs. Soft Multicultural We sing "Kye, Kye, Kule" learning African call and response song. February 4
Chinese New Year Erhu Chinese Mulan comes to Arkansas! February 11
Valentine's Day Harp Love songs That's Amore! February 18
President's Day Keyboard Piano & Organ Ragtime American Music All songs will be done with keyboard and I will take requests. No CD's this week! February 25
Mardi Gras Banjo Dixieland American Music Get your beads and join the Dixieland band as we march like a Mardi Gras Parade. March 3
Mandolin Italian Multicultural That's a great-a food! Pasta songs! March 10
Guitar Build a guitar Cowboy American Music Stick pony rodeo and cowboy hats. March 17
St. Patrick's Day Easter Bodhran Bagpipes Irish/Celtic Multicultural Wear your green and get ready to dance an Irish jig. Where's me Lucky Charms? March 24
Darbuka Arabic Multicultural Music with a Middle-Eastern sound. March 31
Violin Bluegrass American Music We learn the story and song of the "Arkansas Traveler". April 7
Shofar Israel Multicultural Go back to Bible days when the shofar was used to call people to temple. We will also do Israeli dances. April 14
Steel Drum Carribean Multicultural Beach time in the Carribea with steel drum and reggae music. April 21
Arbor Day Pan Pipes Build drinking straw pan pipes American Indian American Music Time for a pow-wow with drums and our pan pipes. April 28
Didgeridoo Made and decorate a digeridoo Australian Multicultural Go to the land down under and also have an all "Wiggles" music day. May 5
Cinco de Mayo Concertina Mariachi Multicultural Get ready for the Mexican Hat Dance. May 12
Mother's Day Washboard Jug Band Make a jug band Cajun We will also have the story of Cajun Red Riding Hood (La Petite Rouge). May 19
Ukelele Luau Hawaiian American Music Class will have a Hawaiian luau complete with all the props. We will also learn to hula dance. May 26
Last week before Summer starts Various Kid's Pick Week - children request all the songs. Our current Early Childhood clients are . . .
ABC Preschool - Dover (Child Development Inc.)
ABC Preschool - Pottsville (MiChild)
ABC Preschool - Russellville (MiChild)
Children Are Special - Pottsville
Conway County Exceptional Children - Morrilton
Kingdom Kids Learning Center - Russellville
Quality Childcare SO - Little Rock
Quality Childcare TO - Little Rock
Shinn's Preschool & Nursery - Russellville
Step by Step - Perry
Tot's Landing - Plumerville
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