Learning from Young Children: Research in Early Childhood Music

Contents......Page 4
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Part I. UNDERSTANDING MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS......Page 12
1. Applying Brain Research to Children’s Musical Experiences......Page 14
2. Language Acquisition: A Lens on Music Learning......Page 34
3. The Role of Musical Engagement in the Musicality of Three-Year-Old Children......Page 50
Part II. CREATING RICH LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS......Page 72
4. Building Community to Elicit Responses in Early Childhood Music Classes......Page 74
5. The Incorporation of Principles of the Reggio Emilia Approach in a North American Preschool Music Curriculum......Page 90
6. The Importance of Parents in Early Childhood Music Program Evaluation......Page 106
7. Elementary Music Teachers’ Role-Identities in and Perceptions of Teaching Prekindergarten Students with Special Needs......Page 124
8. Preschool Children’s Uses of a Music Listening Center during Free-Choice Time......Page 142
9. Tonal Patterns: Providing the Vocabulary for Comprehensive Vocal Improvisation......Page 152
Part III. MUSICAL PARENTING......Page 170
10. Parents’ Documentation of Their Children’s Music-Related Behaviors......Page 172
11. Music Play Zone: An Online Social Network Site Connecting Parents and Teacher in an Early Childhood Music Class......Page 192
12. Twenty-First-Century Parenting, Electronic Media, and Early Childhood Music Education......Page 206
Part IV. BENEFITS OF EARLY MUSIC INSTRUCTION......Page 224
13. The Effect of an Age-Appropriate Music Curriculum on Motor and Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Skills of Children Three to Five Years of Age......Page 226
14. The Impact of a Music and Movement Program on School Readiness......Page 242
15. The Role of Early Childhood Music Class Participation in the Development of Four Children with Speech and Language Delay......Page 256
16. Examining Music Experiences with Anthony, a Child Who Has Autism......Page 270
About the Editors......Page 294
About the Authors......Page 296