Instrument Play	Vocal	Beat/ Rhythm	Creating Music	Reading and Writing	Creative Movement	Dramatic Play/Games	Music Literature	Musical Expression	Performance
1	Use a variety of basic percussion instruments as improvised or directed accompaniments	Sing songs in various tonalities, keys and meters	Chant rhythmic rhymes and sing songs in various meters, including triple, duple and unusual	Create spontaneous variations in songs and rhythmic rhymes to represent daily tasks and other situations	Respond to pictorial notation and some traditional notation, such as dynamic markings	Use all areas of space (low, middle and high)	Play the role of a particular character, using purposeful movements	Respond to high quality live and recorded music, including a variety of styles, genres and cultural backgrounds	Create and respond to changes in dynamics	Sing and chant solo or as part of an ensemble
2	Experiment with found sounds to create accompaniment sound pictures	Use vocal play to encourage vocal exploration and flexibility	Respond with consistent beat and accurate spacing while chanting, singing or using an instrument	Create nonsense syllables for use in songs	Use movement to represent musical form	Free exploration through movement	Participate in games that focus on a particular musical concept, such as pitch, beat, rhythm and dynamics	Participate in music traditions from other cultures	Create and respond to changes in tempo	Share feedback about performances
3	Explore high and low instrumental sounds	Respond vocally to upward and downward directed movements	Chant rhythm patterns while tapping to the beat	Create new sounds and conversations for music, either in a whole group or partner setting	Use movement to represent phrasing	Participate in dyad (partner) play	Play call and response games	Communicate musical preferences	Create and respond to the emotions and moods expressed in music	Modify performances based on personal opinion and feedback
4	Choose instruments carefully for free musical play	Sing tonal patterns	Move to the macrobeat and microbeat, accurately transfering the beat to various body parts and surfaces	Continue to play/sing when the music stops (audiation)	Move in response to melodic contour (direction)	Use movement to direct or lead activities	Use a variety of props, such as scarves, to encourage dramatic play	Give reasons for favorite songs and rhythmic rhymes	Use musical expression in the creation of a character or action	Follow the direction of a leader
5	Identify short and long sounds	Use singing to create social connections and community	Begin to transfer rhythm patterns from voice, to movement to instruments	Create accompaniments using basic percussion instruments, found sounds and body percussion	Use sound picture notation to represent created music	Participate in simple structured dances			Use a fermata to convey a pause or anticipation
6	Use instruments to respond to changes in soft and loud	Use nonsense syllables for singing		Create rhythm and tonal patterns	Hear and begin to use musical vocabulary	Use a variety of props, such as scarves, to encourage creative movement
7	Aurally identify sound sources	Sing the resting tone and participate in resting tone play to establish key of song		Create compositions using a variety of instruments and/or found sounds		Use body movement to respond to melodic contour
8		Sing songs, accompanied and unaccompanied		Share musical ideas and creations with others
		Sing call and response songs		Improve upon musical ideas and creations
		Sing ostinatos