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Research Articles & Articles About Kindermusik |
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"Reading Your Baby's Mind"
- Newsweek (Aug. 15, 2005 issue) |
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"Benefits of Music for Children with Special Needs: Tips for Parents and Educators"
- by Michelle Lazar, MT-BC, Director of Coast Music Therapy |
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"Wired for Sound: The Essential Connection Between Music and Development"
- by Cynthia Ensign Baney |
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"Something to Sing About"
- by Shel Franco at iParenting.com |
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"Ask the Experts: When can we start music lessons?"
- by David Geller, M.D., at babycenter.com |
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"Music Lessons Help Children Climb the Intelligence Scale"
- by Karen Miller from news.telegraph |
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"Music Instruction Aids Verbal Memory"
- the American Psychological Association |
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"Tuning Into the Benefits of Music Education"
- Parenthood.com |
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"Twelve Benefits of Music Education"
- Classics for Kids Website |
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Research Findings |
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American Chemical Society
- an interesting article that discusses the links between music and successful chemists/scientists (p.19 - 24) |
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American Music Conference
- an educational association that promotes the importance of early childhood music education |
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American Psychological Association
- topics on how music instruction aids verbal memory |
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M.I.N.D. Institute, The Music Intelligence Neural Development Institute
- M.I.N.D. is a community-based, non-profit, interdisciplinary scientific research institute formed in 1998. It was created by a scientific team that pioneered the groundbreaking research of exploring the functional and causal relationships among music (e.g. the Mozart effect), reasoning and the brain. This site links you to all of their research papers and projects. |
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MuSICA
- of UC Irvine has a good archive of research on music and child development |
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Richards Institute of Education and Research
- good collection of music brain child development articles |
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Early Childhood Music and Movement Association
- an organization of professional educators dedicated to the ideal that all children should be given the advantage of music and movement instruction in their formative years (from birth to age seven). |
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Zero to Three, National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
- This site is dedicated to the healthy development of children during this critical time of their lives. The site contains research, abstracts, studies and practices that will help foster professional excellence. |
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The National Association for Music Education (MENC)
- The mission of MENC is to advance music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all. |
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U.S. Department of Education
- This is an excellent site to keep current on the trends occurring in the education arena. The site offers research and statistics, new programs and services, publications and products plus funding opportunities. |
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Music Teacher’s National Association
- MTNA is a nonprofit organization of 24,000 independent and collegiate music teachers committed to furthering the art of music through programs that encourage and support teaching, performance, composition and scholarly research. |
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Children with Special Needs |
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What is Apraxia?
- worried about your child not talking? Find out more about apraxia and how others have coped with it |
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Twice Exceptional Children
- some children are clumsy and socially inept, but talented in another area. Find out more! |
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Golden Gate Regional Center
- offers social worker visits, evaluations and early intervention programs |
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Children's Health Council
- offers evaluations and early intervention programs |
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Stepping Stones
- non-profit agency offering services to children on the autism spectrum |
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Beyond Play
- catalog and online store, offering products for children with special needs |
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Floortime and EI
- file of ideas for parents to help with early intervention, floortime, occupational therapy, and speech therapy |
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Fun Sites |
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Bookcloseouts
- find your kids' (& yours) books at good bargain |
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Kindermusik International
- the official Kindermusik website, buy instruments and get ideas for fun musical activities |
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Do Music
- an easy-to-navigate site with fun instruments |
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Can You See Music?
- This amazing site features creative computer animations of famous classical, jazz, and Latin pieces. See below for descriptions of specific, child-friendly animations: |
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"El Caballo y la Montura"
- an exciting Latin piece featuring a horse, is Miss Lindsay's favorite animation. |
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"The Chant"
- a fun jazz piece featuring Jelly Roll Morton. |
