Music and Language Milestones

Little Listener, 4 year old Eleisa sings and plays the piano. 

Do you agree she deserves and ice cream cone?

MusicLanguageandLiteracy_Presentation




Developed for FIRST YEARS - http://firstyears.org/

Music and Language Milestones*

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 language
  developmental milestones. Retrieved from www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voicespeechandlanguage.asp#mychild
•   Schwartz, E. (2008). Music, therapy, and early childhood: A developmental approach. Gilsum, NH: Barcelona
  Publishers.
•   Sindrey, D. (1997). Listening games for Littles. London, Ontario: Wordplay Publications.