
Major / Minor
Listen carefully as the piano chords change.
When the music sounds happy (Major) stand up tall with hands in the air.
When the music sounds sad (minor) crouch down on the ground.
Major / Minor
Listen carefully as the piano chords change.
When the music sounds happy (Major) stand up tall with hands in the air.
When the music sounds sad (minor) crouch down on the ground.


Further reading:
Further reading for: Musical development and learning in early childhood classroom settings (age 3-8 years)
Books
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Burton, S.L. & Taggart, C.C. (2011). Learning from Young children: Research in early childhood music. Published by Rowman & Littlefield Education in partnership with the National Association for Music Education.
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Bunce, L. (2012). Music for Early Learning: Songs and Musical Activities to Support Children’s development. London: Routledge.
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Choksey, L. (2001). Teaching music in the twenty-first century. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice_Hall.
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Collins, M. and Wilkinson, C. (2006). Music and circle time: Using music, rhythm, rhyme and song. London : Paul Chapman
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Flohr, J.W. (Ed.) (2004). Musical lives of young children. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
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Flohr, J. & Trollinger, V. (2015). Music in elementary education. Upper Saddle River: Prentice–Hall.
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Frazee, J. & Kreuter, K.. (1987). Discovering Orff: A curriculum for music teaching. Schott music Corporation.
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Goodkin, D. (2004). Play, dance, sing: An introduction to Orff Schulwerk. Schott Music Corporation.
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McPherson, G. (2006) (Ed.). The child as musician: A handbook of musical development. Oxford: Oxford University Press
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Smithrin, K. & Upitis, R. Eds.) (2007). Listen to their voices: Research and practice in early childhood music. Toronto: Canadian Music Educators Association.
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Wilson, D. & Conyers, M. (2013). Flourishing in the First Five Years: Connecting Implications from Mind, Brain, and Education Research to the Development of Young Children. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Education.
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Young, S. (2009). Music 3 – 5. London: Routledge.
Articles
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Briscoe, D. (2016). Enhanced Learning for Young Music Students: Involving and Motivating Parents. Music Educators Journal, 103(2), 41-46.
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Dweck, C. (2017). The journey to children’s mindsets - and beyond. Child Development Perspectives, 11(2), pps 139 – 144.
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Flohr, J. (2010). Best Practices for Young Children’s Music Education: Guidance From Brain Research. General Music Today 23 (2) 2010
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K. Haimovitz, & Dweck, C. (2017). The origins of children's growth and fixed mindsets: New research and a new proposal.. Child Development, 88(6), pp. 1849-1859.
Other books
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Suzuki, S, Nurtured by Love, Alfred, 2013
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Duckworth, A, Grit, Ebury Publishing, 2017
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Clear, J, Atomic Habits, Conrnerstone, 2018
Links:
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Australian Music Schools, Sydney: http://australianmusicschools.com.au/
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Paul Harris: http://www.paulharristeaching.co.uk/
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Syrinx Music: https://syrinxmusic.com/
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FlutePlay: https://www.fluteplay.ca/