This new edition presents music and movement education curricula for both preservice and inservice teachers.  The best-selling core music and movement text provides a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of professional research while continuing to incorporate links between theory and practice.  The authors of the text encourage teachers and caregivers to attend to the importance of research and contemporary thought regarding music and movement education.  The approach of the book continues to be  “process not product.”   

Table of Contents:
1.    Beginning the Music and Movement Journey Music and Movement: Enjoyment and Value for Children Beginning the Process of Planning Music from Around the World Cultural Diversity Through Music and Movement Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences Supporting Children's Intelligences Basic Stages of Early Musical and Movement Development and the National Standards Developmentally Appropriate Practice Selecting Songs, Fingerplays, and Instruments Music Instruments for Young Children 2.    Music and Movement for Young Children Childhood Obesity and Physical Inactivity Building on Children's Natural Movements The Role of Movement in Creativity Planning for Movement Activities Talks with Teachers Singing as a Support to Movement Music as a Support to Movement Children and Dance in the Classroom National Standards for Movement and Dance Basic Materials for Movement Fingerplays and Action Songs 3.    Music and Movement for Children with Special Needs Talks with Teachers Music and Movement for Children with Special Needs Intellectual Differences and Music and Movement 4.    Infants and Toddlers The Young Child's Musical Development Infancy and Music Infancy and Movement Auditory Stimulation of Infants The Importance of Lullabies for Infants Lullabies from Around the World Talks with Teachers National Standards for Infants and Toddlers New Opportunities for Toddlers Nursery Rhymes Chanting Music from Around the World Elements of Musical Beginnings 5.    Music and Movement Experiences for Three-Year-Olds Characteristics of Three-Year-Olds Three-Year-Old's Response to Sound and Movement Planning Music and Movement Activities for Three-Year-Olds Talks withTeachers National Standards for Music Education Singing and Musical Awareness Songs to Use with Three-Year-Olds Music from Around the World 6.    Music and Movement for Fours Stages of Development National Standards for Music Education for Four-Year-Olds Talks with Teachers Conceptual Learning Through Music and Movement Finger Plays and Action Songs for Four-Year-Olds Movement and Music as Play Music from Around the World 7.    Music for Kindergarten and Early Primary Building a Meaningful Music and Movement Curriculum National Standards for Music Education for Five-Year-Olds General Characteristics of Five to Eight Year Olds Listening to Music Conditions that Promote Good Listening Singing Instruments Eastablishing a Listening Music Center Talks with Teachers Imaginative Teachers Fundamentals of Movement Music from Around the World Favorite Songs and Rhythms 8.    Music and Movement: An Interdisciplinary Approach Interdisciplinary Focus on Music and Movement Music and Movement and the Language Arts Music and Reading Skills Music, Movement, and Mathematics Music, Movement, and Science Music, Multiculturalism, and Social Studies Music from Around the World