Curriculum Structure
The Prodigies PK-5 Curriculum includes 7 grade-level courses (PreK through 5th grade), each with 36 lessons designed to map to a standard 36-week school year. Each lesson is treated as one week of instruction, with 2 to 3 videos per lesson. Lessons build on each other in a carefully sequenced progression aligned to national music education standards.
Grade-by-Grade Progression
Pre-K: Foundational musical play through pitch, color, movement, and solfege hand signs. Students learn all 8 notes using bells and visuals.
Kindergarten: Steady beat, individual note recognition, basic staff awareness, echo-singing, and short melodic patterns.
Grade 1: Treble clef reading, Rhythm of the Week patterns, 3- and 5-note solfege patterns, steps and skips, and introduction to I, IV, V chords.
Grade 2: C Major scale review, rhythmic reading with eighths and sixteenths, harmonic expression, and a full performance of Lightly Row.
Grade 3: Syncopation, intervals (2nds through 5ths), melodic dictation, and small-group compositional work.
Grade 4: Recorder technique and note reading, treble staff fluency, ensemble playing, and guided performance.
Grade 5: Ukulele basics, chord vocabulary (C, F, Am, G, and more), chord transitions, strumming patterns, and ensemble performance.
What's Included in Each Lesson
Every lesson includes a comprehensive downloadable PDF with everything you need to teach it:
Weekly lesson plan with step-by-step instructions
Learning Essential Questions (LEQ), concepts, and objectives
Cross-curricular, SEL, discussion, and connection activities
Review questions
Student worksheets and sheet music
PDFs are found at the top of each course page inside the platform.
Standards Alignment
The PK-5 Curriculum is aligned to NAfME national music education standards. To see how specific lessons and concepts map to your state's standards, use our free tool at prettystandardreally.com, which covers all 50 states.
Additional Tools for Teachers
Video Index: A searchable, filterable library of 1,000+ video lessons beyond the core curriculum. Filter by concept, instrument, number of notes, key, time signature, genre, lesson style, and more.
Build Your Own Course: Create custom playlists and course sequences tailored to your classroom's needs.
Collections: Curated playlists for targeted practice, including Rhythm, Hand Signs, Listening, Movable Do, Chromatics, Warm-ups, and more.
Happy Musicing!