Music at Their Finger-Tips: Musical Experiences via Touchscreen Technologies in the Everyday Home Lives of Young Children

Young, Susan; Wu, Yen-Ting

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-17791-1_15

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“…Given the apparent value of music in early childhood, it is important to understand whether children have opportunities to participate in music-based activities in ECE settings. Some families engage children in music-based activities at home (de Vries, 2006) 2 and/or enroll children in structured activities in their communities (e.g., musical instrument lessons or parent-child music classes), and increased access to touchscreen devices at home may have expanded and diversified young children's exposure to music activities (Young & Wu, 2019). However, not all children have equal access to these opportunities, whether due to caregivers' lack of time and resources or their belief that children already engage in music in preschool or while in childcare (de Vries, 2006).…”

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Music Uses in Preschool Classrooms in the U.S.: A Multiple-Methods Study

Kirby

Dahbi

Surrain

et al. 2022

Early Childhood Educ J

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This study reports preschool educators' uses of music in educational settings, as well as challenges faced in incorporating music in the classroom in the U.S. Through a multiple-methods approach, data from two focus groups (N1 = 8, N2 = 6) and a survey (N = 119) are used to gain insight into how frequently preschool educators in the US use various types of music activities in their classrooms, for what purposes they do so, and what challenges they face in doing so. This study also sheds light on the current linguistic landscape of a sample of early childhood and care settings in the US, highlighting the importance of music activities as a tool to engage and teach children whose home language is different from the instructional language of English. Results indicate that preschool educators use music on a daily basis, for both academic and social-emotional purposes. Additionally, educators who have linguistically diverse students tend to use music more than those who have all English speakers in their classrooms. Finally, educators reported facing several challenges in accessing the necessary resources to lead music activities effectively in their classrooms.

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Music Uses in Preschool Classrooms in the U.S.: A Multiple-Methods Study

Kirby

Dahbi

Surrain

et al. 2022

Early Childhood Educ J

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“…Children move readily and even eagerly from one form to another, combine the forms, and play them off one against another" (p. 99). Digital technologies have afforded children with additional forms of music listening, oftentimes requiring that they engage more than just the hearing sense, like when a child "listens" to a musical video on a screen (Young and Wu, 2019). A recent example is that of "Baby Shark, " a Korean pop musical video published on YouTube that went viral worldwide, being one of the few children's songs to ever hit the Billboard (Basu, 2019).…”

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Mothers as Home DJs: Recorded Music and Young Children’s Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cho

Ilari

2021

Front. Psychol.

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt our lives in unimagined ways, families are reinventing daily rituals, and this is likely true for musical rituals. This study explored how parents with young children used recorded music in their everyday lives during the pandemic. Mothers (N = 19) of child(ren) aged 18 months to 5 years living in the United States played the role of home DJ over a period of one week by strategically crafting the sonic home environment, based on resources provided by the authors, in response to their children’s mood and state. Using a newly developed data collection tool, inspired by the Experience Sampling Method, a total of 197 episodes were collected about children’s engagement with recorded music. Findings showed that while mothers utilized music to fulfill various emotional needs, they tended to use it to maintain or reinforce their child’s positive mood rather than to improve a negative mood. Also, mothers’ reports suggested various ways that young children engaged with music, being aligned with the multimodal nature of their musical experiences. Lastly, mothers reported that their strategic approaches to use recorded music seemed to help their children feel less distressed and happier, and this, in turn, aided in the reduction of some of the burdens associated with parenting.

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“…Children at this age become increasingly more independent and competent, while still very connected and influenced by parents' beliefs and practices concerning music (Young, 2003 ; Ilari and Young, 2016 ). Everyday musical activities of 3–6-year olds take place in a wide range of places and situations (Lamont, 2008 ; Lum, 2008 ; Ilari and Gluschankof, 2009 ; Young and Ilari, 2019 ; Young and Wu, 2019 ). Nevertheless, most of the musical experiences of children under the age of 6 years consist primarily of informal musical interactions in the home environment, involving a broad range of spontaneous responses to music, such as singing along to their favorite tunes and playing musical games with caregivers or siblings (Young, 2003 , 2012 ; Flohr, 2005 ; Lamont, 2008 ; Addessi, 2009 ; Barrett, 2009 ; Ilari and Gluschankof, 2009 ).…”

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Exploring Changes in Musical Behaviors of Caregivers and Children in Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Outbreak

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had profound effects on all aspects of society. Families were among those directly impacted by the first measures imposed by health authorities worldwide to contain the spread of the Sars-CoV-2 virus, where social distancing and mandatory quarantine were the main approaches implemented. Notably, little is yet known about how social distancing during COVID-19 has altered families' daily routines, particularly regarding music-related behaviors. The aim of this study was 2-fold: (i) to explore changes in families' daily routine and caregivers' levels of well-being and stress during the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil and (ii) to investigate whether musical behaviors of caregivers and the children under their care (aged from 3 to 6 years old) changed during social distancing. One hundred and eighty-eight caregivers residing in Brazil participated in an online cross-sectional study conducted between July and August 2020. Our findings suggest significant changes in families' dynamics during the COVID-19 outbreak, with parents (especially mothers) spending more time on childcare and a substantial decrease in caregiver's well-being. Regarding music-related behaviors, our results revealed considerable changes in caregivers' and children's musical activities at home during social distancing, including an increase in child-only musical behaviors and shared caregiver-child activities. Moreover, sociodemographic factors such as caregiver background and well-being as well as the child's disability status significantly influenced musical engagement at home during social distancing. This study captured some features of the home musical environment of middle-class families in Brazil in the first stages of social distancing restrictions during the pandemic and caregivers' role in providing an environment where musical experiences are nurtured. Further research is needed to better understand aspects such as the long-term impact of the changes of musical behaviors at home on musical parenting and families' well-being.

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Music at Their Finger-Tips: Musical Experiences via Touchscreen Technologies in the Everyday Home Lives of Young Children

Cited by 8 publications

References 15 publications

Music Uses in Preschool Classrooms in the U.S.: A Multiple-Methods Study

Music Uses in Preschool Classrooms in the U.S.: A Multiple-Methods Study

Mothers as Home DJs: Recorded Music and Young Children’s Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Exploring Changes in Musical Behaviors of Caregivers and Children in Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Outbreak

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