Music at home with the under fives: what is happening?

The purpose of the study is to discover parents' musical practices with children in the environment of the home. After reading this study, I was immediately left with the feeling of wanting more information. The article provides a decent general body of knowledge about reasons parents may not engage in enough music play with their children. I am in strong agreement with these reasons. An underlying facet to each of these reasons, is the mere fact of parents being uninformed when it comes to their children's music education. Many parents believed that their children received enough music instruction in school, and that they could rely on DVDs and CDs. In part, maybe some school music educators are to blame for not emphasizing that musical instruction must also occur in the home. The study continued on to discuss in fair detail the reasons why the majority of parents are not engaging in enough music play. If I were an uninformed parent reading this article, instead of a music education student, I would definitely want to learn some techniques and tips after reading this. The main problem here, is that the article is stating the problem but not really giving the parent the tools to solve it. In addition, because the study only consists of parents from three Australian pre-schools, it is obviously not a wide enough sample of the population. Overall, I found the information interesting and helpful to know as a future educator, but not very suitable for parents who are having difficulties with incorporating music activities and education into the home environment.