Musical Goals within Music in Motion

• High and Low
• Strong and Gentle
• Contrast and Similarity
• Introduce Beat, Division, Multiple 
• Sixteenth notes, eighth notes, quarter notes, half notes, dotted half notes, whole notes
• Accent
• Introduce Meter (2-time, 3-time, and 4-time)
• Compound vs. Simple Meters
• Phrases 
• ​Form
• Phrase Shape (anacrusis/pick-ups, crusis, metacrusis)
• Antecedent and Consequent (question/answer phrases) and improvisation on pitched instruments
• Home and Away (preparation for harmony, tonic and dominant)
• Tonalities: Major vs. Minor
• Improvisation of patterns in many meters
• Solfege groundwork (learning about the first five notes of a scale, half and whole steps, improvisation, leading to scale degree six and full eight note scales)
• Work with percussion instruments - sticks, shakers, hand drums, scarves
• Work with Pitched instruments (xylophones, metallophones & bells)

​Movement and Developmental Goals within Music in Motion

• Gross Locomotor movement skills (marching, trotting, skipping, tiptoe, sway, slide, lunge)
  
• Fine Motor movement skills (prepare for detailed instrumental work - ie fingerings, embouchure)
  
• Spatial awareness (developing understanding of time-space-energy for oneself and within a group)
  
• Social and Ensemble Skills (taking turns, listening to each other’s ideas, creating and improvising with others)
  
• Self Regulation (understanding emotions, practicing self-regulation, strategies for adjusting energy level and physical self-control)
  
• Developing the student's ear and knowledge of a wide variety of musical styles, instrumentation, and genres
  
• Joyful opportunities for students to share their knowledge through performance with class performances for parents/caregivers.