Music in Early Childhood is an accessible and practical handbook, which introduces theories and pedagogical approaches for early childhood music education from birth to 8 years and explains their practical application.

Susan Young is former senior lecturer in the school of education, University of Exeter, and Roehampton University, London. She has researched and published widely in the field of early childhood music education.

Part I 1. Musical Learning as recapitulation 2. Behaviourism: learning through imitation and reinforcement Part II 3. Friedrich Froebel: learning through play 4. John Dewey: learning through experience 5. Maria Montessori: an environment for guided learning 6. Susan Isaacs: freedom to express Part III 7. Émile Jaques-Dalcroze: learning through rhythmic movement 8. Carl Orff: the unity of dance, music and language 9. Zoltán Kodály: singing to develop musicianship Part IV 10. Jean Piaget: children's ways of understanding 11. Lev Vygotsky: learning in social contexts 12. Jerome Bruner: processes of learning Part V 13. Loris Malaguzzi and Reggio Emilia 14. Listening and Exploring Sound 15. Communicative Musicality 16. Music Play and Playful Pedagogies 17. Addressing Diversity