Music Tree is a set of music learning picture books for early childhood. It is compiled by MAKINO International Music Education Editorial Committee and published in 2016 via China Welfare Institute Publishing House.
Music Tree is a three-year curriculum developed into three parts: “Sowing Music Seeds” (Year one), “Watering Music Roots” (Year two), and “Harvesting Music Fruits” (Year three). From seeding to fruiting, the growth of the “music tree” is also the process of allowing children to discover and explore music in harmony with their natural growth and development.
Chinese Title: 音乐树
English Title: Music Tree
Subtitle: Sowing Music Seeds
Author: MAKINO International Music Education Editorial Committee
Category: Reference to music class, early childhood education and teaching
Publisher: China Welfare Institute Publishing House
ISBN: 978-7-5072-2316-3
CIP number: 2016191380
Price: RMB 32.00
[PREFACE]
The Music Tree is a delightful set of books for young children. Each page has a charming picture which links to a song with a strong humanistic, moral theme. Parents and children can look at the pictures together whilst listening to and joining in the songs.
Many parents are keen for their children to participate in music education from a very early age, at a time when most of them are not yet study the complexities of reading music and playing an instrument. With these books, young children can develop their natural musicianship and stimulate their imaginations by the simple acts of singing, dancing and storytelling. The aim of the Music Tree is to instil a strong love of music before the child is ready to engage in any more formal music education.
There is strong evidence that listening to and singing music at an early age is the best way to develop a life-long love of music. This is best done in the home: the language of music is learnt from the parent, in the same way that spoken language is acquired naturally from everyday human interaction. Sharing music, songs and stories together becomes an important part of everyday family life which is an excellent way to start to develop a life-long love of music and lead to a lifetime of ever-deepening appreciation of music.
To conclude, the Music Tree is a valuable resource for parents and teachers who wish to introduce their children to the joys of music-making in a simple, fun way.
( By Penelope Roskell , Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy )
[Experts Recommendations]
The Music Tree is a delightful set of books for young children.
Each page has a charming picture based on stories of everyday life which link to a song with a strong humanistic, moral theme. With these books, young children can develop their natural musicianship and stimulate their imaginations by the simple acts of singing, dancing and storytelling.
(By Penelope Roskell , Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy)
The Music Tree program from Makino Music is built on a child-centered approach that offers both students and classroom teachers space for their own creative play. Activities are designed to invite a variety of participation styles and modalities rather than demanding adherence to a single model. I was impressed with the simplicity and evocative qualities of the materials, and the goal of integrating musical experiences in the everyday lives of young children in school.
(By Lori A. Custodero, Associate Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University)
The Music Tree course recognizes that music is a means to children’s holistic development, and that through songs, stories, games, colorful picture books and Apps, children are enriched in ways that encompass their cognitive, social, and emotional selves. The course features music as core to learning, and recognizes that learning is enhanced when it is musically substantive, playful, and dynamic.
(By Patricia Shehan Campbell, Donald E. Petersen Professor of Music, University of Washington )
Данное пособие в игровой форме направлено на освоение ребенком основ музыкального искусства в различных видах музыкальной деятельности, что целенаправленно способствует развитию музыкального мышления дошкольников, творческих способностей детей, а также?инициирует становление?когнитивных, регулятивных, личностных и коммуникативных универсальных учебных действий.
( МПГУ, профессор М.С. Осеннева )
Содержание издания направлено на пробуждение интереса к музыке, развитие творческих возможностей ребёнка, активизацию его эмоциональной сферы, воображения, фантазии, познавательных способностей, и, несомненно, может оказать благотворное влияние на формирование духовно-нравственных качеств личности.
(МПГУ профессор фортепиано Елена Красовская )
