Providence Montessori

Music

Music

Providence Montessori offers a captivating weekly music lesson that engages students from kindergarten through 3rd grade in a hands-on and experiential learning environment. Our comprehensive approach integrates various activities, including listening exercises, movement, group performances, and creative projects, catering to diverse learning styles. Through this dynamic class, students are introduced to a variety of instruments and music genres, empowering them to sing, play instruments, learn new songs, participate in dramatic play, and much more. The lessons are thoughtfully designed to ignite creativity and highlight the pervasive presence of music in everyday life.


Our curriculum draws from a range of effective teaching styles, such as Kodaly for solfege singing, Gordon for improvisation and composition, and Dalcroze for eurhythmics and movement. Students interact with a diverse set of instruments including hand bells, keyboards, ukuleles, as well as an array of rhythm instruments like drums, buckets, maracas, and shakers.



The exploration of music traverses a spectrum of elements that spark imagination and cultivate creativity. Students commence their musical journey by delving into rhythm and pulse, gaining proficiency in understanding rhythmic values like quarter notes, eighth notes, and half notes. This discovery unfolds through joyful activities, enabling children to grasp rhythm through body percussion and rhythm instruments, while also uncovering the dynamic interplay of tempos that underpin various musical compositions.


Your child will further develop pitch awareness and craft simple melodies using solfege syllables. They will explore the captivating realm of orchestral instruments, delve into dynamics and expression, understand musical forms, encounter global sounds, weave narratives through music, connect with the melodies of nature, embrace music technology, and culminate in the magic of performance and collaboration.


Our overarching objective is to cultivate a profound appreciation for music, enriching your child's musical skills and comprehension in the process. We are excited to embark on this musical adventure together, nurturing a lifelong love and understanding of the art of sound.



This school effectively supports students with learning differences. There are several teachers trained in Orton-Gillingham and those techniques are infused across the curriculum for children with difficulty reading. For children who are academically gifted, there is the opportunity to push as far ahead as they are able to do so. The multi-age classrooms means that children are naturally at a variety of levels across the subject areas, they can help each other and children who are at either end of the spectrum do not stand out as different to their peers.

Parent

Our oldest attended k and 1st grade. He is 21yrs old now, and a College graduate! We look forward to seeing our 3yr old attend the preschool program this fall! Montessori gave our son the foundation he needed to thrive in school, and become the successful young man he is today. Providence is Powerful !!!

Veronica P.

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