Music across the curriculum: More than just circle time

Most educators will agree that music has an important place in a high-quality program for young children. Singing or listening to music are pleasurable activities, and the affective benefits of music are obvious to anyone who has ever sung a child to sleep. What teachers may not realize, however, is how music may be incorporated into other areas of the curriculum. Joyce Ury Dumtschin has taught in day care centers in Illinois and Ohio and is presently a freelance writer and musician.