Music is a way of knowing. Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner says that music intelligence is equal in importance to logical - mathematical intelligence, linguistic intelligence, spatial intelligence, bodily - kinesthetic intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, and intrapersonal intelligence. According to Thomas Armstrong (1994,5), "Intelligence is galvanized by participation in some kind of culturally valued activity and that the individual's growth in such an activity follows a developmental pattern; each activity has its own time arising in early childhood." Making music is as much a basic life skill as walking or talking. From the article The Importance of Music in Early Childhood by Lili M. Levinowitz, Ph.D. 1998
Participants will learn the theory of early childhood music education; hear, sing and move to new songs; and plan a new music activity for your child care program.