Thursday, October 13, 2005

Early Childhood Music and Movement Association

Early Childhood Music and Movement Association

Academic Achievement and Music. A collection of articles from MENC on this topic.

Academic Achievement and Music. A collection of articles from MENC on this topic.

The School Music Program: A New Vision. The K-12 National Standards, PreK Standards, and What They Mean to Music Educators. Also contains links to other standards information.

Position Statement on Early Childhood Education. Includes statements on music curriculum for young children, beliefs about young children and developmentally and individually appropriate musical experiences, and the music teachers of young children. A

EC SRIG

NAEYC workshop sessions - Text of two workshop sessions given by Mary Ellen Junda and Linda Neely at the Annual NAEYC Conference

Start the Music Strategies, Compiled and edited by Linda Page Neelly, Susan Kenney, and Jan Wolf. Contains links to foreword, introduction, all four chapters, and appendix.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children

Start the Music: A Report from the Early Childhood Music Summit; June 14-16, 2000. A report sponsored by MENC, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and the U.S. Department of Education. Also supported by Texaco, Inc.

MusicFriends

Sharing A World of Happiness with Children: Home Page

Sesame Workshop - Sesame Street: Music

From Heartbeat to Steady Beat: Research Findings on the Musical Development of Children from Before Birth through Age Eight, compiled by Deborah Pratt.