WELCOME TO MUSIC AT PROSPECT SCHOOL!
Students at Prospect School explore their creativity as they experience a blend of Orff-Schulwerk and Kodaly teaching processes, with learning centered around play and actively making music using nine modalities: singing, speaking, playing, composing, improvising, moving (creative movement and dance), listening, reading, and writing. All students have music class twice a week. Visit your Seesaw app to see your child's class in action!
Why Music?
Music is an integral part of being human! It allows us to express ourselves, develop creativity, foster social relationships, make meaning out of the world around us and create beauty. Music fosters 21st century skills that our students need to become leaders in their communities, including critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, communication & collaboration, cross-disciplinary thinking, social and cross-cultural skills, accountability and responsibility. There is also some pretty amazing research about the benefits of music when it comes to brain development & learning!
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What is the Pentatonic Scale?
If your student comes home saying they learned about the pentatonic scale in class, this is what it's all about! The pentatonic scale is made up of 5 notes (usually do, re, mi, so and la) and it allows us to create great accompaniments and improvisations without any "wrong" notes. The pentatonic scale is also the basis of much of the folk music from around the world. Try playing a song on just the black keys of the piano - that's pentatonic!
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What is Orff Schulwerk?
Students at Prospect are introduced to musical concepts in a variety of ways, including the Orff Schulwerk and Kodaly methods.
Building Musicianship and More… In Every Learner Releasing creativity that extends far beyond the music classroom, Carl Orff and Gunild Keetman conceived an approach to building musicianship in every learner through the integration of music, movement, speech, and drama. A Teaching Model for Optimal Learning In Orff Schulwerk classrooms, children begin with what they do instinctively: play! Imitation, experimentation, and personal expression occur naturally as students become confident, life-long musicians and creative problem solvers. The Orff approach to teaching is a model for optimal learning in 21st Century classrooms. |
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