For early years practitioners, educators and those interested in musical development in practice.
Musicaliti® 90 Song
Progression Toolkit
A progressive early years and primary music curriculum using 90 carefully sequenced songs to develop singing, movement, musicianship and instrumental confidence from birth to age 7.
Musicaliti uses 90 songs to strategically introduce musical notes gradually using the Kodaly methodology through Dalcroze games and movement, and Orff percussion play and instrumentation. Each song has a baby (0-2), toddler (2-3), preschooler (3-4) and primary infants (5-7) version to match uk settings. This approach allows songs to be brought back through more advanced games/movement. These begin as singing songs to playing the notes on simple tuned percussion (glockenspiel, ukulele, keyboard etc).
These were originally envisioned to be a 2 year thematic rolling programme for settings, along with original thematic musical stories (see Magical Musical Kingdom by Musicaliti). How can this approach be incorporated? This is actually much stronger than a “toolkit”. It is a complete Musicaliti curriculum model.
How The Approach Fits Together
The Musicaliti model has several distinctive layers:
Toolkit Element
Purpose
90-song progression map
Introduces pitch, rhythm, musical notes and patterns gradually by showing the order in which notes, rhythms and skills are introduced
Kodály-informed sequencing
Uses voice, solfa, rhythm language, listening and singing foundations
Orff-style percussion and play
Moves from vocal exploration to tuned/untuned percussion and simple ensemble work
Age-banded versions
Adapts every song for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and primary infants
Spiral learning
Songs return over time with more advanced musical games and challenges
Instrumental bridge
Children move from singing notes to playing them on glockenspiel, ukulele, keyboard or simple tuned percussion
Thematic rolling programme
Gives settings a two-year structure without constant reinvention
Musical stories
Original stories such as The Magical Musical Kingdom provide imaginative context and curriculum depth