Fine Arts Standards - Age 4 (2023)
Lesson Plans

Strand 3: MUSIC

Music offers students the opportunity to learn songs, create music, develop self-expression, and build cultural understanding with self and others.

Standard FA 4 yr.3.2

Show increasing recognition of the various components of music in terms of dynamics (loud/soft), pitch (high/low), and duration (long/short, fast/slow).

• Nursery Rhyme - If You're Happy and You Know It
  Children will listen to If You?re Happy and You Know It as sn adult points out the words.  Allow children to help point out the words as they are ready. Once your child(ren) knows the song and the motions, they will sing the song and control their movements.
• Nursery Rhyme - Row Row Row Your Boat
  Children will listen to Row, Row, Row Your Boat as the adult points out the words in the rhyme.  Allow children to help point out the words as they are ready. Child(ren) will sing the song and control their movements within a designated area. 
• Playing with Music
  Children will sing a familiar song while changing a certain component of the song. This can include singing the song at a fast or slow rate, in a high voice or whispered voice, etc. 

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