Here are some recommended listening selections that students will hear throughout their k-2 experience. Listening to music with your children is one of the best ways to encourage musicianship and a life long love of music. Share your favorites with the kids and enjoy. It's great to share what you know about music styles when your listening with your children.
Great kids songs are available online from various sources and through artist websites. Some music we will enjoy range from Disney classics, songs by Raffi, The Wiggles, Sesame Street, and Nickelodeon, and Laurie Birkner, Tom Chapin among many others. One of the groups we listen to often is a favorite of mine. The band, They Might Be Giants has some great stuff for kids and adults. Not all of there music is kid friendly so listen responsibly.
Go see concerts and performances and talk about what you see. Here are some of the classics we will enjoy throughout prek-2
In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg
The William Tell Overture by Giocachinno Rossinni
The Flight of the Bumble Bee by Nicolai Rimsy-Corsocav
Selections from the Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky
Carnival of the Animals by Camille Sant Sans
Irish Fiddle Music
Mariachi Band Music, La Bamba, Hat Dance
German folk music Chicken Dance
Toccata and Fugue by J.S.Bach
This Land Is Your Land Woody Guthrie
Star Spangled Banner by Marine Corps Marching Band as well as other marching examples
When the Saints Go Marching In by Louis Armstrong
Music from Star Wars by John Williams
Early rock classics by Elvis, and some Beatles