Want Young Children to PLAY Music?
Want Young Children to PLAY Music? Start by Giving Them Opportunities to Play WITH Music! By Anne Sailer and Lauren Guilmartin, sponsored by Music Together Worldwide Twenty-year-old college sophomore…
Tag: preschool
How ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ Impacted Music Education
How Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Impacted Music Education By Mary Rogelstad This article was originally posted on Cued In, the J. W. Pepper blog. It’s said the first thing Fred Rogers did…
NAfME Member Spotlight: Wendy Sims and Lifelong Music Learning
Wendy Sims and Lifelong Music Learning NAfME Member Spotlight Wendy L. Sims is the recipient of this year’s National Association for Music Education Senior Researcher Award, presented March 19,…
Five Music Books You Need on Your Summer Reading List
Headed for the beach this summer? Or is an Adirondack chair your lakeside destination? If you want to take along a good book for company, NAfME has you covered with…
Sen. Murray Introduces Early Childhood Education Bill
Improvement to Early Learning Opportunities Yesterday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the “Strong Start for America’s Children Act…
Children Across the Country to Celebrate NAEYC’s Week of the Young Child™
For Immediate Release Contact: Catherina Hurlburt at NAfME catherinah@nafme.org or (703) 860-4000 Children Across the Country to Celebrate NAEYC’s Week of the Young Child™ From Music Monday…
NAfME Omnibus Roundup
Update: The House passed the funding bill the evening of December 11, 2014, with a vote of 219-206. The Senate passed the bill with a vote of 56-40, with 4…
The Place of Music Education in the Pre-K Movement
The necessity and importance of early childhood education continues to gain traction. A recent Gallup poll revealed that 70 percent of Americans favor federal funds to expand pre-K education. And…
Poll Shows Public Support for Early Childhood Education Funding
Our colleagues at the Committee for Education Funding shared news about the First Five Years Fund’s new poll showing overwhelming support for early learning. The bipartisan poll “finds that 71…
FY 2015 Senate Appropriations Markup and NEA’s New Chair
On Tuesday this week, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education completed its markup of the President’s FY 2015 proposed education budget. The markup included…
