Music with Babies and Young Children: Activities to Encourage Bonding, Communication and Wellbeing, Paperback/Jeffrey Friedberg

From day one in a child's life, music is one of the most important things that can be used to help them grow and learn. Musical stimulation helps lay the foundations for a lifetime of skills, and this straightforward guide gives detailed advice on how to use music to help children from 0-5 years with common developmental challenges such as attachment and bonding, bedtime, tantrums and daily living skills, social skills, motor skills and school readiness. Combining cutting-edge research on brain development with proven strategies, this book helps with both typical and atypical issues in the earliest stages of a child's life. Friedberg lays out the musical parenting approach, where any adult can enhance children's lives through music. No prior music skill is necessary to use the musical parenting approach , making it an ideal resource for all parents, teachers and professionals to raise healthy, well-adjusted children in a creative and interactive manner. About the Author Jeffrey Friedberg is a board-certified music therapist and award-winning children's musician, and has practiced music therapy with children and adults for over 24 years. He lives in New York.