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Early Childhood Music Resources
Explore articles about music, movement, early learning, connection, and the role musical experiences can play in young children’s development and classroom communities.
These resources are designed for educators, school leaders, parents, and caregivers who want to better understand how young children experience and learn through music.
Understanding Music in the Early Years
Young children encounter music through listening, movement, singing, repetition, rhythm, exploration, and shared participation. These experiences can connect with many areas of early learning while also creating opportunities for joy, expression, and connection.
The resources below explore those ideas in greater depth and offer practical context for adults supporting young children’s musical experiences.
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Featured Resource
The Importance of Music in Early Childhood
Our introduction to “The Importance of Music in Early Childhood” by Lili M. Levinowitz, covering what the article addresses and linking to the original publication.
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Free Guide for School Leaders
Five Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Preschool Music Program
A free three-page worksheet for preschool directors and early childhood leaders, including provider-evaluation questions, space for notes and a comparison table.
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For School Leaders
Music in the School Day: A Guide for Early Childhood Leaders
How to evaluate early childhood music enrichment: what the schedule requires, what the research supports and does not, and five questions worth asking any provider.
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Music, Emotion and Connection
Creating Harmony: How Music Can Support Social Emotional Development
Our introduction to Lauren Guilmartin’s article on the social side of early childhood music-making, with a link to the original.
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Music and Early Development
Helping Children Grow
A short look at how children take part in a music session, why songs repeat, and how music travels home.
Research
Music Together Research Resources
A directory of the research materials Music Together publishes about its preschool program, linked in full.
Curriculum
Music Together® Curriculum Alignments
A directory of Music Together’s own documents describing how its curriculum relates to early learning frameworks.
From Understanding Music to Bringing It Into the Classroom
For schools, the value of music is not only something to read about. Bracy’s Music Together brings developmentally appropriate music and movement experiences into UPK/Pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms during the school day.
Learning Continues Beyond the Classroom
Songs, movement, rhythm, and shared music-making can become part of everyday family life as well as the school experience. Our educational resources are intended to help caregivers understand and participate in that broader musical connection.