Alison Reynolds and Wendy Valerio

Learning From Parents:
Music Behaviors Demonstrated by Young Children Who Attend Early Childhood Music Programs

What do parents/guardians notice about their children’s music behaviors at home? In this session,we share the results of our on-going research into this question,describe ways to make the research relevant to practice,and invite participants to brainstorm future research ventures into the topic.

Objectives

1. Offer research results in clear and understandable form.

2. Show ways the research results transfer to practice.

3. Invite discussion about future research in the profession.

4. Strengthen the network of researchers within ECMMA.

Bio

Alison M. Reynolds

Alison earned her Bachelors in Music Education at TCU,and her masters and PhD at Temple University. She is associate professor of music education at university in the northeastern United States. She teaches undergraduate music methods and graduate research courses. Her early childhood work is featured in Narrative Soundings:An Anthology of Narrative Inquiry in Music Education,Handbook of Qualitative Research in Early Childhood,and Learning from Young Children:Research in Early Childhood Music,The Development and Practical Application of Music Learning Theory,and The Journal for Research in Music Education,Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education,Research Studies in Music Education,and Perspectives:Journal of the Early Childhood Music and Movement Association.

She is co-author of Music Play:The Early Childhood Music Curriculum for Parents,Teachers,and Caregivers (GIA,1998) and Jump Right In:The Music Curriculum. She is a member of the Gordon Institute for Music Learning Mastership Certification Faculty;chair-elect of the Early Childhood Special Research Interest Group for the National Association for Music Education. She is a frequent conference presenter at international,national,and regional venues—sharing research and practical applications regarding young children’s music interactions.

Wendy Valerio

Dr. Valerio is associate professor of music education and Director of the Children’s Music Development Center (CMDC) at the University of South Carolina where she teaches graduate and undergraduate music methods courses and conducts early childhood music development research which has been sponsored by The Texaco Foundation and The Presser Foundation. Her work is featured in Musical Experience in Our Lives:Things We Learn and Meanings We Make (Rowman &Littlefield),Listen to Their Voices (Canadian Music Educators Association),Music Play:Bah Bah,Bebop,Beethoven (GIA),and she is co-author of Music Play (GIA),and Jump Right In:The Music Series (GIA).

After teaching elementary general music in the public schools of Lawrence,KS,Valerio received MM and PhD degrees from Temple University. She holds Kodaly Level 1 and Level III Orff Schulwerk certification,and is a member of the Gordon Institute for Music Learning Mastership Certification Faculty,the Alliance for Active Music Making,and the American Orff Schulwerk Association where she teaches movement and special topics for Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training Levels I and II.