Musical Treasure Chest was created especially for very young children and serves children in Kindergarten through First Grade (4 to 7 years of age). It is a music and storytelling program, which includes Allentown Symphony Musicians and is held on the 3rd floor of Symphony Hall. School children attend this program during the week and children and their families have the opportunity attend a similar program on the week-end. This program provides young children an opportunity to learn about musical instruments, hear short musical pieces with a story told by a professional storyteller, interacting with the storyteller and meeting musicians in an informal more personalized setting.
Tracy Damiani, Storyteller
Michael Toth, Pianist
January 2010
Robin Kani, Flute
January 21 at 9:30am - Tickets
January 21 at 11am - Tickets
January 23 at 10am - Tickets
March 2010
March 18 at 9:30am - Tickets
March 18 at 11am - Tickets
March 20 at 10am - Tickets
April 2010
April 22 at 9:30am - Tickets
April 22 at 11am - Tickets
April 24 at 10am - Tickets
Curriculum for this program is aligned with state of Pennsylvania Reading Standards, used for public Kindergarten and First Grade, which includes speaking, listening, reading and writing. Curriculum at this age includes standards for academic and social skills. Social skills can be learned during these educational events with an opportunity to assist the student participant in developing focus, appropriate self control and modeling appropriate behaviors. This program is an excellent example of a music education program for young children which meet curriculum standards on all levels.
Hallmarks of reading readiness and beginning reading are all part of this program. Some of the important components are:
- Phonemic awareness: identifying sounds through rhyme, alliterations, and analogy
- Listening: discriminating between sounds, words, appropriate responce, extending vocabulary
- Accuracy and fluency: understanding, sequence of events - beginning, middle, end
- Self-monitoring and self-correcting: making predictions, retelling the story
- Comprehension: asking children questions to be sure details were understood