DIFFICULTIES IN THE MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND POSSIBLE MODELS TO OVERCOME THEM
DIFFICULTIES IN THE MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND POSSIBLE MODELS TO OVERCOME THEM

Summary/Abstract: Many authors have written about the importance of music in the education of preschool children and represented that importance of musical education in preschool institutions in different ways. In the book Metodika muzičkog vaspitanja predškolske dece Božidar D. Stefanović writes that all work in the education of preschool children is focused on esthetically, mentally, morally and physically preparing the child for life. The author stresses that esthetic education is unthinkable without musical activity in the work with preschool children. Experiencing music, whether through listening or performing, influences the development of a sense for beauty, and in that way they develop their artistic taste, and consequently their musical taste (Stefanovic, 1958, 19). This is why early musical experiences are important, here it is essential for the pedagogue and the parent to be capable and trained to encourage the child and develop a wish for further exploration of the “magical world” of music, through an adequate choice of music.

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