Full Description
Rich in practical insights and personal reflections from teachers and therapists, this book explains what musical play is, how and why it benefits children, and how it can be integrated into educational, community and clinical environments.
Wylie and Foster-Cohen explore the importance of musical play to human development and human relationships within families, in schools and in therapeutic contexts. The chapters address the evidence base of musical play, its value and use in therapeutic contexts, the roles of musical play in different cultures, and how musical play can enrich communities. Taking a holistic view, it highlights the role of musical play in cultural sustainability, human justice, and community well-being. The book supports learning through a broad range of practical examples of musical play in diverse settings around the world. The chapters are complemented by personal reflections from families, teachers, therapists and other professionals from around the world, who share their skills and experiences embracing musical play with the children in their care.
Engaging and accessible, even to those with little or no musical training, this book is an essential resource for pre- and in-service educators, as well as professionals in therapeutic fields, eager to learn more about how musical play can enhance the education and well-being of young people.
Contents
Foreword
1. The science of the art of musical play
2. A Musical Journey
3. Reflection: A musical life
4. Reflection: A lifetime of musical wellbeing
5. Rhythm, Regulation & Relationship
6. Reflection: Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
7. Reflection: The weight of silence - Music and ADHD
8. Musical Play in te ao Māori - a personal journey
9. Echoes of synchrony
10. Reflection: Karen
11. Where Does Me Begin?
12. Reflection: The power of the scale
13. Autism and musical play
14. Reflection: Music just loves to play
15. The 'dance of attunement' across cultures
16. Musical Play In Sub-Saharan Africa
17. The Singing Medicine Project
18. Reflection: The power of song
19. Towards a philosophy of musical play in early childhood education
20. Reflection: Magical reflections from the Grandma Lab
21. Freedom within Frames: Harnessing the Power of Choice in Musical Play
22. Reflection: The power of ballet to move
23. Reflection: 'All the world's a stage'
24. Hearing their own song: improvisation and musical play
25. Reflections: Building a Sound Garden & A major success
26. A social justice perspective of children's musical play in South Africa
27. Reflection: Waiata: Pao pao pao
28. The power and place of a community music school
29. Reflection: Thomas the trumpeter
30. Reflection: Immersed in music
31. Finding the Musician Within
32. Reflection: A musical reset
33. Developing an intergenerational musical play programme
34. Reflection: It is never too late
Afterword
