Little KeyNotes - Ages 4-5

Castle Music Studio offers Little KeyNotes! A preschool keyboard and music class for 4-5 year olds. It offers developmentally appropriate activities for them through music, and provides a foundation in piano that they can build upon. It’s just like learning a language!

The KeyNotes curriculum is designed to ensure that all aspects of piano playing and general musicianship are fostered in a fun and inspiring way. 

 Students work through one booklet per term/semester and each workbook is based around a story or a theme in order to make the pieces cohesive and give structure to considerations about musical elements and compositions.

In our Little KeyNotes (for ages 4-5) all pieces are songs with lyrics that are based around the theme or story.

Lesson Themes

Animal Alphabet

Animal Alphabet introduces each of the notes of the keyboard and letters through cute animals and their songs. Basic rhythms, finger numbers and lots of colouring and singing all make this a great starter to your group lessons!

Minibeasts

We all love minibeasts (some of us from a distance!) and the students love to sing all sorts of songs about spiders, ants and more! There are lots of opportunities for finger-play games and all of the letters of the keyboard are introduced one-by-one.

Under the Sea

Under the Sea takes students through many different ocean creatures with songs to inspire their imaginations, and support for differentiation and challenge. Notes are introduced more quickly and pieces are slightly more complex than for workbooks 1 and 2.

Weather Songs

Weather songs looks at all different sorts of weather through songs and pieces that your students will love to play! Like with Under the Sea, the pieces are slightly more challenging. There are also listening and composing tasks.