Music Education: Early Childhood*
The Music Education Guides are designed for use by music education faculty and students. Included in these guides are lists of call number ranges and subject headings for browsing/accessing books, journals, scores, and audio/visual recordings on different aspects of music education, learning styles and teaching methods. Online resources such as links to notable professional organizations and commonly used web sites and blogs are also included.
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BROWSING AND CATALOG SEARCHING BY CALL NUMBER RANGES
Call Numbers
- M1985 Musical games
- M1990 Kindergarten songbooks
- M1994 School songbooks
- ML83 Children and music
- ML3830 Psychology of Music
- MT1 Theory of musical instruction
- MT2 Musical instruction and study. History and criticism
- MT3 By region or country
- MT6 Music theory, rudiments
- MT155 Theory for children
- MT742 Methods for children
- MT810 Instrumental & rhythm
- MT898 Techniques for children
- MT920-MT925 Kindergarten. Methods and exercises
- MT930 Elementary schools
- MT935 Vocal methods for children
Subject Headings
- CHILD DEVELOPMENT
- CHILD MUSICIANS
- CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
- MONTESSORI METHOD OF EDUCATION
- MUSIC--INSTRUCTION AND STUDY
- PRESCHOOL MUSIC
- SCHOOL MUSIC
PRINT RESOURCES (in the Reference Room)
Reference Books
Ref MT1.H138 1992
Colwell, R. New Handbook
of Research on Music Teaching and Learning. 1992.
Ref MT1.N48 2002
-----. New Handbook of Research
on Music Teaching and Learning. 2002.
Ref MT3.U5 M32 1996
Mark, M. Contemporary Music
Education. 1996.
Journals
British Journal of Music Education BJME / ML5.B6898
Council for Research in Music Education. Bulletin / ML1.C68
Journal of Research in Music Education / ML1.J6
Music Educators Journal / ML1.M24
Teaching Music / ML1.T33
Tennessee Musician / ML1.T4
Directories
Musical America: International Directory of the Performing Arts - REF. STACKS – ML13.M83 2005.
***Provides a comprehensive list of music schools, summer music camps, music festivals, competitions, performance venues, and scholarship and financial aid information.
SELECT PRINT RESOURCES (in the Stacks)
Activities
M1994.M68O5 1991
Mitchell, L. One, Two, Three-- Echo
Me!: Ready-to-use Songs, Games, and Activities to Help Children Sing
in Tune. 1991.
MT1.H13 1996
Haines, J. Leading Young Children
to Music. 1996.
MT155.M57 1991
Mitchell, L. Ready-to-Use Music
Reading Activities Kit. 1991.
MT810.E75
Etkin, R. The Rhythm Band Book.
1978.
MT935.P53 1992
Phillips, K. Teaching Kids to Sing.
1992.
Montessori Materials
LB775.M727 1966a
Montessori, M. A Montessori Handbook.
1966.
HODGES LB775.M8L55 1996
Lillard, P. Montessori Today: A
Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood.
1996.
HODGES LB1205 .L55 1997
-----. Montessori in the Classroom:
A Teacher's Account of How Children Really Learn. 1997.
MT948.B337
Barnett, E. Montessori & Music:
Rhythmic Activities for Young Children. 1973.
Teaching Methods
MT22 .A74 2003
Jaques-Dalcroze, Emile. Eurhythmics,
art, and education. 2003.
MT7.C3 v.1-4
Carabo-Cone, M. Sensory-Motor Approach
to Music Learning. 1969.
MT925.D24
Daniel, K. Kodaly in Kindergarten.
1981.
Other
HODGES LC46.8.E2 W55 2000
Wild, R. Raising Curious, Creative,
Confident Kids: The Pestalozzi Experiment in Child-based Education.
2000.
ML457 .W47 2003
Westney, William. The perfect wrong
note : learning to trust your musical self. 2003.
ML3920.C172 2000
Campbell, D. The Mozart Effect for
Children: Awakening your Child's Mind, Health, and Creativity with
Music. 2000.
MT1 .F54 2005
Flohr, John W. Musical lives of
young children. 2005.
MT1.H115 1999
Habermeyer, S. Good Music, Brighter
Children: Simple and Practical Ideas to Help Transform your Child's
Life through the Power of Music. 1999.
MT1 .M63 2005
Mills, Janet. Music in the School.
2005.
MT1 .M98725 2000
MENC. Music Makes the Difference.
Music, Brain Development, and Learning. 2000.
MT1 .T43 2004
MENC. Teacher to Teacher: A Music
Educator's Survival Guide. 2004.
MT920 .D47 2000
Kenney, S. Designing Music Environments
for Early Childhood. 2000.
MT930.N53 H63 2005
Hoffer, Charles R. Music for Elementary
Classroom Teachers. 2005.
MT920.V37
Vernazza, M. Complete Handbook of
Kindergarten Music Lesson Plans and Activities. 1981.
AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES
CDs/Books M1994.S521 2002, M1994.S5212 2002, M1994.S5214 2002 Ask
at Music Circulation desk.
Silver Burdett. Making Music.
2002.
CDs/Books MT6.S53 2000, MT6.S532 2000, MT6.S5322 2000 Ask at Music
Circulation desk.
Share the Music. 2000.
CD/Book MT930.B92 2000 and CD8498
Burton, L. SoundPlay: Understanding
Music through Creative Movement. 2000.
CD/Book MT930 .T53 2004 ; CD12568
Tibbett, Teri. Listen to Learn:
Using American Music to Understand Language Arts and Social Studies
(Grades 5-8). 2004.
CD12460
Gemini. Rhythmically Moving.
2003.
Video MT1.K4 v.1
Music in Early Childhood (Key
Changes series). 1989.
Video MT1.K4 v.2
The Child's Singing Voice (Key
Changes series). 1989.
ONLINE RESOURCES
Children's Music Web <http://www.childrensmusic.org/>
Elementary
Education Resources: Music <http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/eledMusic.html>
Enchanted Learning:
Music <http://www.enchantedlearning.com/music/>
Music Educators National Conference
<http://www.menc.org/>
Music Education Resource Base (MERB)
<http://www.merb.org>
MERB/CMI is a bibliographic database
of more than 28,000 resources in music and music education from
31 Canadian and International journals
and other sources covering the period 1956 through the present.
Music
Education Resource Directory <http://www.musiceducationresourcedirectory.com/>
Music K-8 dot com <http://www.musick8kids.com/>
Tennessee Music Education Association
(TMEA) <http://tnmea.org>
Also see:
Electronic Resources Available Via URL in Catalog:
Kenneson,
C. Musical Prodigies: Perilous Journeys, Remarkable Lives.
1998.
Morgan,
H. The Imagination of Early Childhood Education. 1999.
Sporborg,
J. Music in Every Classroom: A Resource Guide for Integrating
Music across the Curriculum, Grades K-8. 1998.
Wentworth,
R. Montessori for the New Millennium: Practical Guidance on the
Teaching and Education of Children of All Ages, Based on a Rediscovery
of the True Principles and Vision of Maria Montessori. 1999.
Periodical Indexes
Related databases available on the UT Libraries Database
Page:
Education
Full Text
ERIC
Music
and Performing Arts Online (IIMP & IIPA)
RILM
Abstracts of Musical Literature
PsycLINFO
(Journal articles)
Social
Sciences Citation Index
Dissertation
Abstracts
Arts
& Humanities Citation Index
Music databases available on the Music Library Database
Page:
Music
and Performing Arts Online (IIMP & IIPA)
Music
Index Online
RILM
Abstracts of Musical Literature
*Call numbers apply to UT held items only
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Pauline Bayne and Connie Steigenga, Revised July 2007

