Music For Early Learning

Author : Joanne Greata
Publisher : Delmar Thomson Learning
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015064146247

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An Introduction to Music in Early Childhood Education by Joanne Greata Pdf

This text prepares childcare providers to meet the responsibility of musically nurturing young children. After being led to understand the importance of musically nurturing children in this age group, students are taught to nurture children at various stages in early childhood. The unique developmental characteristics of these stages are examined and are the basis upon which activities are planned. Specific activity examples are given that help the student learn to sing, move, play and listen to music with young children. In addition to the main text, a supplement helps the student gain an understanding of basic musical elements and terms. This is meant to help students feel more comfortable with music, so they are not hesitant to lead children in the discovery of this creative expression.

Author : Linda Bance
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136657085

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Music for Early Learning by Linda Bance Pdf

Is my singing good enough? What should I do with instruments? How can I create a rich and exciting musical environment which will allow for both child and adult led musical activity? Singing, dancing and music-making comes naturally to young children, but we as adults often lack confidence in our musical ability. This easily accessible book will help you to realise that everyone can be a creative music-maker with young children. It aims to inspire you to take young children’s enthusiasm for music and create a musically rich environment that supports all areas of learning and development and at the same time celebrate music for music’s sake. Packed with activities, songs and musical games, this book includes: Recognising musical development in young children and the benefits of music-making in the early years Advice on inclusive practice Guidance on using musical instruments Ways to develop your own musicality Help with planning and assessment Chapters linking musical activities to each area of learning and development How to create a balance between adult-led and child-initiated activities Music for Early Learning also includes downloadable resources containing 23 songs and listening activities linked to each area of development which can be used as a standalone resource or alongside the music manuscript and Guitar and Ukulele tabs provided, as well as lyrics to each of the songs. This practical text will help you to realise the wonderful opportunities that music can offer young children and is an ideal resource for Early Years Practitioners, Early Years consultants and trainnee teachers, as well as those on Nursery Nursing and Childcare courses at Further and Higher education levels.

Author : Natalie Sarrazin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1942341709

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Music and the Child by Natalie Sarrazin Pdf

Children are inherently musical. They respond to music and learn through music. Music expresses children's identity and heritage, teaches them to belong to a culture, and develops their cognitive well-being and inner self worth. As professional instructors, childcare workers, or students looking forward to a career working with children, we should continuously search for ways to tap into children's natural reservoir of enthusiasm for singing, moving and experimenting with instruments. But how, you might ask? What music is appropriate for the children I'm working with? How can music help inspire a well-rounded child? How do I reach and teach children musically? Most importantly perhaps, how can I incorporate music into a curriculum that marginalizes the arts?This book explores a holistic, artistic, and integrated approach to understanding the developmental connections between music and children. This book guides professionals to work through music, harnessing the processes that underlie music learning, and outlining developmentally appropriate methods to understand the role of music in children's lives through play, games, creativity, and movement. Additionally, the book explores ways of applying music-making to benefit the whole child, i.e., socially, emotionally, physically, cognitively, and linguistically.

Author : Susan Young,Beatriz Ilari
Publisher : Springer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030177911

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Music in Early Childhood: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives and Inter-disciplinary Exchanges by Susan Young,Beatriz Ilari Pdf

This book examines four main areas of music in early childhood: the traditions of music for young children, their capacities for music, the way they make music with others, and constructed and mediated musical childhoods. It studies several themes in detail, including music making in the home and family life, various musical experiences in schools, day cares, and the community at large in several locations around the globe. It looks at technology and diverse musical repertoires, as well as innovative pedagogies, children’s agency, and brain research. Expanding on the knowledge bases on which early childhood music education typically draws, the book brings together contributions from a range of authors from diverse fields such as education, psychology, sociology, cultural studies, anthropology, philosophy, ethnomusicology, and the neurosciences. The end result is a volume that offers a broad and contemporary picture of music in early childhood.

Author : Suzanne L. Burton,Cynthia Crump Taggart
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607093220

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Learning from Young Children by Suzanne L. Burton,Cynthia Crump Taggart Pdf

In early childhood, the most important period of learning and human development, young children often achieve developmental milestones in a short time. Learning from Young Children: Research in Early Childhood Music presents research on the importance of fostering musical growth during this period. These studies discuss: · applying brain research to young children's musical growth · music in the home and child-care contexts · musical characteristics of the young child · language acquisition as a lens on music learning · music as a foundation for communication · parental conceptions of the role of music in early childhood · music as a pathway for building community · using music to elicit vocalizations in children with special needs With research designs ranging from statistical, mixed methods, survey, content analysis, and case study, to philosophical inquiry, this book will help practitioners base their practice in research and offers a wide range of information for scholars and researchers studying early childhood music learning and development.

Author : Susan Young
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781315294551

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Critical New Perspectives in Early Childhood Music by Susan Young Pdf

Exploring and expanding upon current understandings of early childhood music education, this book provides a much-needed response to the rapid social, cultural and technological developments affecting children’s experience of music today. Critical New Perspectives in Early Childhood Music returns to the core question of how children engage, participate and learn through music, and how we are to best harness musical resources to their benefit. Chapters move beyond conservative or traditional models of practice and draw upon new and emerging insights from the fields of childhood studies, neuroscience, psychology and sociology. In-depth analysis of research and real examples from practice illustrate the strengths and possible shortcomings of each approach and acknowledge the diverse impacts of digitisation, increased child autonomy, intensive parenting practices, and cultural and economic diversity on the child’s experience of music. An invaluable theoretical overview of current thinking in relation to contemporary musical childhoods, this book will support and challenge students and early childhood music educators as they rethink practice for the present day.

Author : Alison M. Reynolds,Edwin E. Gordon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Early childhood education
ISBN : 1579990274

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Music Play by Alison M. Reynolds,Edwin E. Gordon Pdf

Children are naturally fascinated with sound and movement play as they teach themselves how to function in the world. Every child has the potential to learn music. Without early, sequential music development guidance, however, the potential for true music understanding and enjoyment is left underdeveloped among most children. This music series, based on A Music Learning Theory for Newborn and Young Children and years of practical and experimental research, is designed to assist teachers, parents, and caregivers of newborn and young children in the development of basic music skills such as singing, rhythm chanting, and moving. By using this compilation of music and movement activities you will discover the pure delight of playing music and movement games with children. You will learn how to provide a rich music environment for them, how to listen and understand the sounds they make, and how to reinforce each child's music and movement creativity through imitation and improvisation using audiation, the ability each of us has to think music.

Author : Barbara Andress
Publisher : Holt McDougal
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031499986

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Music Experiences in Early Childhood by Barbara Andress Pdf

SUMMARY: A sequential program of music experiences for young children which embodies a hands-on approach to the learning of concepts basic to the understanding of music.

Author : Donna Wood
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1999-11-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 1457496801

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Move, Sing, Listen, Play (Revised) by Donna Wood Pdf

This textbook offers various methods by which young children can be stimulated to discover music through personal experience. Movement activities, the sound and rhythms of speech, singing and the playing of musical instruments are all incorporated to teach the elements of music. Methods and materials are designed for children from birth to six years of age.

Author : Paula Melville-Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Early childhood education
ISBN : 0977561909

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Music, Moving & Learning in Early Childhood by Paula Melville-Clark Pdf

Author : Edwin Gordon
Publisher : GIA Publications
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN : 1579992595

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A Music Learning Theory for Newborn and Young Children by Edwin Gordon Pdf

Music Learning Theory for Newborn and Young Children (2003 Edition) treats the most critical learning period in every individual's musical life: birth to age five. Written for parents and early childhood music teachers, this latest revision is the most authoritative of its kind by the man many consider the leading educator and researcher in music education. Professor Gordon shares insights and research from almost twenty-five years of guiding young children in music learning.

Author : Aleksandra Acker,Berenice Nyland,Jan Deans,Kylie Payman,Suzana Klarin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030916923

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Music Composition in Contexts of Early Childhood by Aleksandra Acker,Berenice Nyland,Jan Deans,Kylie Payman,Suzana Klarin Pdf

This book explores the narratives of a group of four-year-old children in a composition project in an Australian early learning centre. The participants, centre staff and a composer, Stephen Leek, contributed a number of music sessions for the children, including five original songs. The book showcases young children’s communicative ability and sensitivity to wider issues. The staff in the centre have a strongly voiced philosophy that is enacted through arts-based pedagogy and incorporates significant themes including a respect for Aboriginal culture and custodial responsibility towards a sustainable future for the earth. Examples of adult and children’s ideas are illustrated through music making, singing, dancing, words, drawings and paintings, which provide insights into a world where children are viewed as active citizens and the arts have rights. The book describes the context of the centre, the history of projects and details one project as an example of “lifeworthy learning”.

Author : Frances Turnbull
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317275336

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Learning with Music by Frances Turnbull Pdf

Learning with Music offers an accessible introduction to music education theory for those working in the early years. Using real case studies and rich examples, the book provides practical suggestions to develop the formative ideas of music education, such as melody, rhythm, pulse and timbre, into games and activities for every early years setting. Chapters include a range of tried-and-tested lesson sequences and accompanying developmental benefits, allowing practitioners to confidently create tailor-made lesson plans and manage music sessions, ranging from one child through to larger groups. Each concept is grounded in child development theory, as well as music education theory, giving practitioners an insight into the research-based principles and priorities of music education for their own unique setting. With a clear focus on the benefits of teaching music from birth to preschool, Learning with Music is essential reading for all early years practitioners, as well as students on Early Childhood courses.

Author : J.Craig Peery,Irene Weiss Peery,Thomas W. Draper
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781461386988

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Music and Child Development by J.Craig Peery,Irene Weiss Peery,Thomas W. Draper Pdf

I acknowledge a deep debt of gratitude to my coeditors: my wife Irene, and my friend and colleague Tom Draper. They have worked with diligence and insight to bring this work to completion. They have delegated the task of writing the Preface to me. As the scientific study of human development matures it is not only natural, but it is necessary to reach beyond understanding the ways humans develop capacities, to study the ways emerging capacities fit into the larger sphere of human undertakings. Music is one of the most significant of those endeavors. As I attend the several piano competitions that are on my agenda each year, and see children seated at the keyboard drawing forth the magnificent sounds of Bach, Chopin, and Ravel, I am always a little awed. Surely, it seems to me, the piano* is among the best of man's creations; the creative energies of great composers are among mankind's greatest expressions; and encouraging children to associate themselves seriously with both instrument and composer can be one of the great blessings to their young lives and, by association, to the larger society. Music touches the entire range of our lifespan on a daily basis. Involving chil dren with music and music training has high market, and common sense, validity. Parents understand intuitively that children will benefit, and their lives will be enriched, if they are influenced by music and music training.

Author : Joanne Greata
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Early childhood education
ISBN : 1093877804

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Music in Early Childhood Education by Joanne Greata Pdf

This text explains research-based information regarding the importance of and ways to musically nurture young children. Students learn to plan developmentally appropriate activities based upon the unique characteristics of every early childhood age and stage. Students, parents and caregivers are provided are provided activity examples of singing, moving, listening and playing music with and for young children at all stages, including the prenatal stage. Appendices include additional activities, instructions for playing and tuning an autoharp, and musical terms. The author's goal is to help all early childhood caregivers and parents, including those with no music education, feel more comfortable and competent to fulfill the important role of musically nurturing young children and leading them to a creative expression for life.