Research and Articles
As part of its ongoing research and development in early childhood music, the national Music Together® organization operates a "lab" school in Princeton, NJ. Both Music Together® and the Music Together® Princeton Lab School are committed to helping families, caregivers, and early childhood professionals rediscover the pleasure and educational value of informal musical experiences. Rather than emphasizing traditional music performances, Music Together® encourages family participation in spontaneous musical activity occurring within the context of daily life.
Music Together® recognizes that all children are musical and that every child needs a stimulating, supportive music environment to achieve basic competence in the wonderful human capacity for music making.
What do we mean when we say that Music Together® is a "research-based" program? Music Together® does ongoing research through the "lab" school as well as programs implemented around the country. In addition, we look to areas outside the scope of early childhood music such as brain development, play research, and the areas of cognitive, language, physical, and emotional development among others. All of these sources continually inform Music Together®'s creative work on program content, varied applications of the program, and teacher training.
Articles of Interest
- The Importance of Music in Early Childhood by Lili M. Levinowitz
- Early Childhood Music Education in the New Millennium by Ken Guilmartin
- Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills by Alix Spiegel from NPR.org
- The Benefits of Music Education by Laura Lewis Brown from PBS.org
Babies and Music
- Infant Learning and Music by Lyn Ransom, D.M.A. from the Music Together® Experts Blog, July 2014
- IDoes Singing to your Baby Really Work? by Kimberly Sena Moore from Psychology Today's Blog "Your Musical Self", July 29, 2011
- IIs Music for Wooing, Mothering, Bonding - or Is It Just "Auditory Cheesecake"? by Carl Zimmer from Discover Magazine, December 2010