| Music with the Under-Fours Contributor(s): Young, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415287065 ISBN-13: 9780415287067 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: This lively book provides practitioners, students and other professionals, working within both early childhood care and music education, practical guidance on how to include musical activity in the care and education of children aged from birth to five years. The wide-ranging text offers the reader a synthesis of recent research as well as practical suggestions for fostering creativity through musical activities. The author also shows how music can help with literacy and numeracy education, using rhymes and rhythmic counting. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten) - Social Science - Music |
| Dewey: 780.83 |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 5.52" W x 8.5" (0.43 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The importance and value of music in the care and education of very young children is increasingly recognised. This book looks closely at early musical development and how this translates into ways of supporting the musical activity of babies, toddlers and young children, keeping in mind the diversity of preschool work. Key topics include:
This text provides a valuable synthesis of recent thinking in this area, as well as practical suggestions for fostering creativity through musical activities. An original and inspiring book which will be welcomed by anyone responsible for the care and education of preschool children. |