This book focuses on the importance and role of adults in promoting music in the early years. Designed to promote the idea of the value of music in the early ch

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 cu

Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progre

The two volumes of The Oxford Handbook of Music Education offer a comprehensive overview of the many facets of musical experience, behavior and development in r

Recently, a new understanding of creative thought and creative performance has surfaced. It has also attracted the attention of early childhood professional org