Piano Skills
Math Skills
- Off-the-staff rhythmic notation recognition
- Recognize and play quarter notes, half notes, and whole notes
- Clap and play rhythms using quarter notes, half notes, and whole notes
- Learn to incorporate rhythmic notation into simple piano pieces
Math Skills
- One-to-one correspondence
Children continue to learn that one symbol indicates that one sound should be played; two symbols means two sounds should be played. Understanding one-to-one correspondence is essential for preschool children learning to count. - Classification
Children organize sounds and symbols into groups based on similar traits. This can be as simple as labeling a sound as “high” or “low”. - Counting
Children continue to learn to count sets of sounds, symbols, and pictures containing up to 10 items. - Patterning Recognition
Children continue to learn to recognize simple alternating patterns and predict “what comes next”.