Nevada Pre-Kindergarten Standards

Content Standard 3.0: Music and Movement - Improvisation
Indicator MM=Music and Movement
3.PK.1 Improvise simple songs and rhythmic patterns using
voice, body or instrument.
3.PK.3 Take familiar songs and change the words, feelings,
sound of voice or dynamics.
K.3.3.1 Improvise short melodic and rhythmic patterns.
K.4.3.1 Create music to interpret stories, rhymes, and poetry.
K.4.3.2 Create short songs and instrumental pieces.
K.4.3.3 Organize pieces using a variety of sound sources.
Content Standard 6.0: Music and Movement - Listening
Indicator MM=Music and Movement
6.PK.1 Identify simple elements of music such as loud/soft
and fast/slow.
K6.3.1 Identify simple elements of music.
Creative Expression
Examples: Children will/may...
Create own words and sing them with
a familiar tune.
Change their voice tone to be funny
or serious.
Examples: Children will/may...
Understand the difference between
loud /soft, fast/slow when singing.
Be able to demonstrate how to
incorporate simple elements of music.
Supportive Practice: Practitioner/Adult will…
Sing a variety of songs and repeatedly
expose children to them.
Model for children how to change words
and sounds to create different
songs and music.
Model for children how to change the
rhythm of a song (e.g., sing it faster or
slower).
Show children how to change the feeling of
a song by singing a familiar song in a happy
voice, sad voice, etc.
Encourage children to make up their own
songs and music.
Have children perform and sing their songs
for their classmates.
Write down the words to children’s songs
and create a class songbook.
Supportive Practice: Practitioner/Adult will…
Take familiar songs and encourage the
children to try and sing them slow and fast
or loud and soft.
Play music and have the children move to
the rhythm, beat, or tempo of the song.
Play music and verbally identify if it is
playing slow, fast, loud, or soft.
Talk about songs that you know and whether
they are slow, fast, soft, or loud.
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