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An investigation of the music activity preferences of pre-school children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2000

Nita Temmerman
Affiliation:
University of Wollongong, Faculty of Education, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, NSW, Australia 2522. E-mail: nita_temmerman@uow.edu.au

Abstract

Life attitudes to, level of involvement with and success in musical learning are all tied to first musical experiences. Consequently an important objective in the planning of any musical programme for young children is to acknowledge their interests in and attitudes to different musical activities. The purpose of this investigation was to determine young children's attitudes to musical activities included in their pre-school musical programme. In particular it sought to discern if preferences exist for certain activities. What emerged from the investigation is that pre-school children generally appear to respond favourably towards involvement in all musical activities but that preferences do exist for moving and playing based activities.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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