Every Child Can Benefit from ABC Music & Me!

3 years to 6 years

Research shows that music improves a childs memory, cognitive development, learning skills, and
ability to express emotion. Music makes a child a better learner, teaches self-control, improves
coordination, enhances creativity, and inspires a lifetime appreciation of music and movement.

Build social skills such as turn-taking and cooperation through group learning.
Strengthen memory and increase attention span through new songs, stories, and rhymes
with sufficient repetition to help children remember what theyve learned.
Boost vocabulary with a variety of poems, songs and stories.
Instrument play-alongs develop hand-eye-coordination, physical coordination, and a sense
of steady beat to help carry out activities such as using a pair of scissors.
A multi-sensory approach to teach concepts such as loud and quiet or high and low
strengthens the learning.
Stop-and-go, as well as creative movement and dance activities improve coordination,
sequencing, self-control, the ability to follow directions, and plan and guide behavior.
Child-directed learning happens when children share ideas in class and at home with Home
Kits.
Tune active listening skills as children are exposed to a variety of musical genres, sounds,
poems, and stories each month. Critical listening activities help tune a childs ear for
improved areas in language such as phonemic awareness and pronunciation.
Invite conversation about cultures and traditions by listening to music and genres from
around the world, such as jazz, folk, Latin American music, World music, Bach, and Mozart.
Introducing a variety of sounds will provide opportunities to connect the music to other
activities throughout the day.
Pattern recognition improves with exposure to rhythm and repetition of the integrated
songs and stories.
Abstract and spatial-reasoning skills develop with the introduction of new music
vocabulary, notation, and concepts.
ABC Music & Me supports the national education standards of Institute for Early Educator Research and National
Standards for Arts Education.
CURRICULUM DESCRIPTION

ABC Music & Me, an award-winning music enrichment program for 2 to 6 year olds, was designed
for early childhood learning centers. ABC Music & Me was created by Kindermusik International,
the worlds most trusted brand in musical learning for the past 30 years.

Features
New unit theme for each month
Each monthly unit contains four lessons30 minutes in length
Up to twelve children in class, with or without accompanying adults
Taught like a regular Kindermusik class
A Glimpse Into the Classroom Experience
Songs and rhymes to develop phonetic awareness and early reading skills
Tapping, clacking, and ringing rhythm instruments in time with music to improve hand-eye
coordination
Focused listening with music to improve skills in following directions
Instrument play to strengthen fine motor skills
Developmentally-appropriate songs to develop vocal chords and expressive speech
Learning that emphasizes storytelling, imaginative play, and taking turns

Home Materials
The ABC Music & Me Home Kit contains a variety of age-appropriate literature, activities, and
gamesall tied to the class content. If its sharing a story from class, or singing togetherthe Home
Kit keeps parents involved as if theyre in class every week.
Home CDcontains all the songs, rhymes, stories, and sounds heard in class
Magazine-style Family Guideincludes the story from class, activity pages, parent notes
showing what the children learned in class, and can-do tips to continue the fun and learning
at home
Age-appropriate instrumentincluded every other month
Digital home materials can be chosen instead of family guide and CDincludes digital copy
of book, all music from session, digital home activities
Reproducible Weekly Take-Home Pageseducator personalizes pages for each child and
sends home each week