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Early
Childhood Music Education
Early
Childhood Music Education (ECME) program is for toddlers and
children from the age of 6 months to 6 years old.
The ECME
program consists of two major areas: (1) Musical Elements; and (2)
Developmental Milestone.
 ECME
Syllabus
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Musical Elements |
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Singing Skills
- Range from 2 tones to 6 tones
- Absolute Pitches (D'-B'; C'-C", D'-D")
- Normal Tempo (from 44 to 108)
- In Tune Singing |
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Rhythmic Skills
- Beat (Basic beat, steady beat, melodic rhythm)
- Rhythm
- Fast-Slow |
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Perception of
Form
- Rhythm Echoing
- Melodic Echoing |
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Aural Perception
- High-Low
- Soft and Loud Relationship
- Melody and Sound Identification
- Inner Hearing (Song Hiding)
- Discrimination of Timbres |
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Music Listening |
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Instruments
- Drum, Bongo, Conga, Rainmaker, Kazoo, Recorder,
Castanets, Xylophone, Quero, Maracas |
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Proportion of
Rhymes to Composed Music
- From 90%-10% to 70%-30% |
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Developmental Milestone |
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Motor |
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Cognitive |
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Language |
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Emotional |
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Social |
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Games Movement |
The Board's ECME program structure has 5
different levels according to admitting age:
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Level 1 |
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Admitting
ages:
No. of
sessions for 'Attendance' certificate:
No. of
sessions for 'Graduate' certificate:
Duration of
each session: |
Under 1 year old
12 sessions
24 sessions
45 min |
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Level 2 |
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Admitting
ages:
No. of
sessions for 'Attendance' certificate:
No. of
sessions for 'Graduate' certificate:
Duration of
each session: |
1 to 2 years
old
12 sessions
36 sessions
Min 45 min,
Max 60 min |
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Level 3 |
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Admitting
ages:
No. of
sessions for 'Attendance' certificate:
No. of
sessions for 'Graduate' certificate:
Duration of
each session: |
2 to 3 years
old
12 sessions
36 sessions
Min 45 min,
Max 60 min |
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Level 4 |
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Admitting
ages:
No. of
sessions for 'Attendance' certificate:
No. of
sessions for 'Graduate' certificate:
Duration of
each session: |
3 to 4 years
old
12 sessions
36 sessions
60 min |
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Level 5 |
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Admitting
ages:
No. of
sessions for 'Attendance' certificate:
No. of
sessions for 'Graduate' certificate:
Duration of
each session: |
4 to 6 years
old
12 sessions
36 sessions
60 min |
ECME Graduates/Attendance Verification System
This
verification system allows the public to verify whether a person has
awarded an ECME graduate or attendance certificate issued by the Board.
However, the verification system does not verify the following types of
certificates:-
1.
Certificate of “Short-Term” ECME program accredited by the Board;
and
2.
'Attendance' certificate issued before 1 Jan 2021
Enter verification system
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