Kindergarten Vocal Music Curriculum Map
September-October
Recognize difference
between speaking
and singing
Participate in singing
activities
November-December
January- February
Uses appropriate
Develops a sense of
posture for singing high and low
Uses a variety of
tonal centers
READING &
WRITING
Demonstrates readiness
for rhythmic notation
through aural and
visual i.d. of long and
short sounds
Kinesthetically
shows direction of
melodic phrases
FORM
Develops an
awareness of same
and different
RHYTHM
Performs with steady
beat
Responds to steady
beat in various
meters 
Combines singing
with steady beat 
MELODY
PART WORK
LISTENING
= all year
Sings and hears a
diverse repertoire
Demonstrates
…using left to right
readiness for melodic progression
notation
Develops an awareness
of 4 beat phrases
Demonstrates same,
similar and different
through music
Claps rhythms of
word patterns
Invents beat
motions

Sings while walking
in a circle
March-April
Uses word
substitution to
improvise
Improvises musical
dialogs through
chant, rhyme, and
song
Improvise simple
rhythmic patterns
Sings while
maintaining steady
beat on an
instrument
Develops an
awareness of vocal
and instrumental
timbres
May-June
Produces age
appropriate musical
tone