ABSTRACT
This book is the outcome of two research projects in early years music. The first focused on three-and four-year-olds in nursery settings playing with educational percussion instruments. In this first project my aim was to understand some of the processes which drive children’s spontaneous musical activity and to look for ways adults might play creatively with children. This work mostly focused on instruments, as I had noticed that, while these are provided in early years settings, practitioners often feel unsure about how best they might be used. The second has been a broader project which was concerned with both research and development. It aimed to develop approaches to practice in music with underfour-year-olds in a range of early childhood settings.
