Little Listener, 4 year old Eleisa sings and plays the piano.
Do you agree she deserves and ice cream cone?
Music and Language Milestones*
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Adapted from: Barton, C. (April 2010). Spoken Language, and Children with Hearing Loss:
Part 1. Retrieved from Speech Pathology.com - http://www.speechpathology.com/articles/article_detail.asp?article_id=391. <part 1, approved for ASHA
1 Tonal center is the "home key." When a child has a sense of tonal center, they can sing a song all the way through in
the same key.
* Music milestones adapted from Campbell & Scott-Kassner (1995), Gordon (2003), McDonald (1979), MENC (2010),
Moog (1976), and Schwartz (2008).
Language milestones adapted from ASHA (2009), CDC (2009), FIRST YEARS (2009), NIDCD (2001), and Sindrey, (1997).
References: - American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). (2009). How does your child hear and talk? Retrieved from www.asha.org/public/speech/development/chart.htm
- Campbell, P.S. & Scott-Kassner, C. (1995). Music in childhood: From preschool through elementary grades. New York: Schirmer Books
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2009). Developmental milestones. Retrieved from www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html
- FIRST YEARS. (2009). Developmental Milestones, Birth to 8 Years. Retrieved 3/28/11 from http://firstyears.org/miles/chart.htm
- Gordon, E. (2003). A music learning theory for newborn and young children. Chicago: GIA Publications.
- McDonald, D.T. (1979). Music in our lives: The early years. Washington, DC: NAEYC.
- MENC. (2010) Performance Standards for Music: Pre-kindergarten (Ages 2-4). Retrieved on January 25, 2010 from http://www.menc.org/resources/view/performance-standards-for-music-standards-publications
- Moog, H. (1976). The musical experience of the pre-school child. London: B. Schott.
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). (2001). Speech and languagedevelopmental milestones. Retrieved from www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voicespeechandlanguage.asp#mychild
- Schwartz, E. (2008). Music, therapy, and early childhood: A developmental approach. Gilsum, NH: BarcelonaPublishers.
- Sindrey, D. (1997). Listening games for Littles. London, Ontario: Wordplay Publications.