Music in Early Childhood

If you are employed in a state that uses a registry to track professional development hours, you will be able to provide your registry ID (Stars, MOPID, Registry or other ECE ID#) after you have completed the quiz for the course. If you pass the quiz we will report your course completion to the state registry using the registry ID that you provide.

Most of us use music in our classrooms. We know music is fun and we know it’s important. This course delves into why music is important in early childhood. Course length – 2.0 hours.

The course will help answer the following questions:

• How does music encourage creativity?

• How does music help social-emotional skills?

• How does music help with academic success?

• How does music help with gross motor skills?

• How does music help with fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination?

• How does music help with confidence and anxiety management?

• How does music encourage perseverance?

• How does music help with behavior?

• How does music help with language skills?

Participants who successfully complete this course will:

• Learn how music helps with academic success.

• Understand how music helps children socially, with confidence, and anxiety.

• Learn how music helps develop fine and gross motor skills.