Muito valorizada em diversos países do hemisfério norte, a área da educação musical infantil encontra-se em pleno desenvolvimento no Brasil. No entanto, ainda são poucos os textos disponíveis para profissionais que atuam ou têm interesse em atuar nesse campo. Esse livro reúne, de maneira inovadora, textos de pesquisadores e educadores brasileiros e portugueses. Temas importantes como o desenvolvimento musical infantil, a compreensão e o significado musical e o fazer artístico na infância s...

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 c...

This book offers a fresh and diverse perspective on home musical activities of young children from a variety of countries, including; Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Israel, Kenya, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, South Africa,Taiwan, the UK, and the United States. Narrowing their study to seven-year-olds from middle-class families, the articles in this volume argue that home musical experiences provide new and important windows into musical childhoods as they relate to issues of identity, fami...

The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume I: Development introduces the many voices necessary to better understand the act of singing—a complex human behaviour that emerges without deliberate training. Presenting research from the social sciences and humanities alongside that of the natural sciences and medicine alike, this companion explores the relationship between hearing sensitivity and vocal production, in turn identifying how singing is integrat...

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...