Research
Resources
Location
of html sites related to this presentation
SESAME WORKSHOP
*Sesame workshop Research and Results
http://www.sesameworkshop.com/aboutus/why_research.php
A good source for research on child
development projects developed by Sesame Street illustrating results.
*Sesame Street Beginnings. . Video, audio and print materials endorsed by American Academy of Pediatrics to establish lifelong learning skills in the very young. http://www.sesameworkshop.com/aboutus/ages_infants.php
*Sesame Music Zone: Enables children and grownups to enjoy music together, discover and play with sounds, learn about musical form and structure, enjoy music from around the world and even write their own operas. http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/music/
*About Sesame Music Zone. Includes information about each of the activities and provides information for lessons activities lead by parents, teachers and care givers. http://www.sesameworkshop.com/sesamestreet/music/zone/about.php
*Educational
Resources. Support organizations to
consult include: MENC, Early Childhood SRIG, National Association for the
Education of Young Children. Important source: MENC-- Direction of Early Childhood
Music Education http://www.menc.org/information/prek12/echild.html
MUSIC
PLAY CENTER Reference
*YC
Young Children Journal
of the National Association for the Education of Young Children http://www.journal.naeyc.org/btj/200407/
Beyond the Journal Young Children on the Web. Published bi-monthly by the
National Association for the Education of Young Children. Journal website http://www.journal.naeyc.org/
Organization website http://www.naeyc.org/
*Great Article on Music Play Centers, 2004 Inventing
Music Play Centers.
http://www.journal.naeyc.org/btj/200407/InventingMusicPlayCtrs.pdf#xml=http://naeychq.naeyc.org/texis/search/pdfhi.txt?query=music&pr=naeyc&prox=sentence&rorder=750&rprox=500&rdfreq=1000&rwfreq=1000&rlead=1000&sufs=2&order=r&cq=&id=42ea283737
*Check
out the trumpet site at: http://www.playmusic.org/brass/trumpet.html
These sites also have great links to various MENC locations as well as other
strong educational sites. As an example The Charley Horse Pizza site is
great for working with making instruments, documented activities based on
National Standards and opportunities to work with online related arts http://www.menc.org/guides/charguid/charopen.html
http://www.playmusic.org/woodwinds/index.html
http://www.playmusic.org/percussion/index.html.
The
percussion site features a play and model game with an opportunity
for score compilations. The game provides different levels of difficulty in
addition to sound examples of percussion instruments. <http://www.playmusic.org/percussion/index.html>
*Hop Pop Town is an experimental project that focuses on new technology and its potential for educational applications. An example: Friends at the Happy Hill http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/1/11.html. Also look at: Singing Leaves http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/1/12.html.
*Educational music toys to be considered for teaching purposes. http://fredkersten.com/TIME/TIMEEarly1.htm Note the Learn through Music system as it helps students learn about music. http://www.fisher-price.com/us/ltm/default.asp?id=27511.
*Other games are available on the TeAchnology web site at: http://www.teachnology.com/games_start/directory/music/.
*Hello World –Children’s Songs. Good page with many standard childrens songs sung in five different languages. Animated scenes support learning. http://www.hello-world.com/songs.php
*Preschoolers source of information of how and why the programs have been developed and what strategies are supported for teaching. on preschool programs http://www.sesameworkshop.com/aboutus/ages_preschoolers.php
*Beyond
The Journal Young Children on the Web July, 2004.
*Early Connections: Technology in Early Childhood Education. A source of
information concerning Children's
Development in the early years, birth to age 8. http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/index1.html
*Early School Years illustrates skills and learning supported by various programs provided through sesame street for this age level. http://www.sesameworkshop.com/aboutus/ages_early.php
*Parents & Caregivers – information resources to help adults make the most of every learning opportunity. http://www.sesameworkshop.com/aboutus/ages_parents.php
*The Northwest Educational Technology Consortium Early connections, resources, and information for educators and care providers. http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/
*Learning and Technology- Good source of information on child’s learning process and child development. http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/preschool/technology.html
*Child Development—examination of chronological development characteristics http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/index1.html
*Kindergarten curriculum and technology
by subject. http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/kindergarten/curriculum.html
*The EFL Playhouse--source of traditional songs. Some with audio files and others refer to iTunes to purchase the audio support http://www.esl4kids.net/songs.html
*Background
resources from MENC: Support
organizations to consult include: MENC, Early Childhood SRIG, National
Association for the Education of Young Children.
Important source: MENC--
Direction of Early Childhood Music Education. http://www.menc.org/information/prek12/echild.html.
*Musical
Passports from MENC http://www.menc.org/guides/startmusic/chp3.htm.
This is a good page providing lessons and musical examples. Early
Childhood Resources and Information is a
helpful reference. http://www.menc.org/networks/earlyc/earlycres.htm
*
Learning and Development – this page examines five dimensions of learning
including social and emotional development. http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/preschool/development.html
*Learning
and Technology-- A great deal of the learning in using a computer at an early
age comes from the interaction between the child and the adult, not from the
interaction with the computer This page clarifies the distinction and directions
for using technology in the learning process. http://www.netc.org/earlyconnections/preschool/technology.html
Sesame Street Research Reference Documents
*The Early Window Project: Sesame Street Prepares for School. In S. Fisch & R. Truglio; G is for Growing; Thirty years of Research on Children and Sesame Street , Mahwah NJ: Earlbaum.
*Schoffman, S. (2000). Personal Impact Study; Rechov Sumsum/Shara’a Simsim (unpublished research report). New York; Sesame Workshop.
*Cole, C.F., Zidan,
W.T., Leavitt, L., Tidhar, C., Fox, N., Lesser, G.,Yung, F., Arafat, C., Killen, M.,&
Richman, B. (2001). The Educational Impact of Rechov Sumsum/Shara’a Simsim,
a Sesame Street Television Series for Israeli and