The Music Environment for All Ages
This blog post contains excerpts from this 44-page book, the text first published in “AMI Journal, Theme Issue: The Montessori Foundations for the Creative Personality.”

This book is a student handout in our AMI 0-3 courses.
—Julia Hilson, AMI Board Member and teacher trainer

Introduction
The natural urge to sing, dance, make and listen to music wells up from the depths of each person, from birth to death. It can be stamped out at an early age or it can be fostered to enrich all of life. This article describes how important music is to us at every time in our life, from birth to death. But, what is music? What words can successfully describe it? We might as easily try to capture all the most poignant sights, sounds, and smells of childhood holiday celebrations into a single black and white collection of letters on a piece of paper. We may not know how to describe music, but we do know that we don’t want our children to miss out on it. (Page 3) Continue reading →