Hooray, it's music day,' shouts a little girl as she waits at the door of the playgroup with her mother. In the distance, a woman laden with bags and a violin case strapped to her back rests for a moment to shift her load and wave. 'Who is that?' asks the mother. 'It's Jane, our music lady,' says the child. 'She sings with us and plays her violin.'
Music-making in early childhood can be rewarding for practitioners and helpful for enhancing young children's cognitive and creative skills. It becomes important in its own right in its role of supporting children's development and well-being.
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