A Family Guide to Parenting Musically

Dear Reader Acknowledgments List of Activities About the Companion Website Introduction: What is "Parenting Musically" All About? Part One: Music is Important 1. Family Musicking Framework 2. You Are a Musical Family 3. Celebrating Your Family's Musical Canon 4. Discovering New Music as a Family 5. Cherishing Your Additional Adults in Family Musicking 6. What are Your Family's Musical Hopes and Dreams? Part Two: Many Ways to Be Musical 7. Sing with Your Kids 8. Music Listening Together 9. Found Sounds and Rhythm Bands 10. Dance Parties Through the Decades 11. Creating Music, Creating Memories Part Three: All Humans are Musical 12. Music Before Birth 13. Connecting with Your Infant Through Music (Birth to 12 Months) 14. Musicking Through the Day with Toddlers (ages 12 to 36 months) 15. Widening Musical Worlds with Preschoolers (ages 3 to 5 years) 16. Uncovering Musical Interests with Early Elementary-Age Children (ages 5 to 9 years) 17. Nurturing Musical Expression with Late Elementary-Age Children (ages 9 to 12 years) Part Four: Expressing Agency as a Family with Music 18. How to Participate in Early Childhood Music Experiences 19. How to Help Your Child Choose an Instrument or Voice Part 20. How to Help Your Child Develop Musical Skills 21. How to Approach Musical Practice in Healthy Ways 22: How to Sustain Musical Involvement Epilogue: Parenting Musically and Musical Parenting in Context Appendix Bibliography Further Reading