MUSIC-THEMED GAMES INFANCY EARLY CHILDHOOD PRESCHOOL SCHOOL AGE ADOLESCENCE
Sensori-motor (Birth-18 months) Fisher Price Peek-A-Boo Piano Physical: Smiling, laughing, sitting up Cognitive: Sense of touch and sound, cause and effect Psychosocial: Parents see kids interaction with music
Pre-operational (2-5 years) Physical: Parallel play, counting, walking Cognitive: Imagining they are a musician, creating their own music Psychosocial: Puts them in control of their actions, they feel they can do things The Wiggles Musical Drum
Concrete Operational (6-11 years) Physical: Rhythms, operating different things Cognitive: Working with different objects at once Psychosocial: Success at doing something on their own KidJamz Studio
Formal (12-18 years) Physical: Thinking, understanding how to work something new Cognitive: Abstract, out of the box, put in their hands Psychosocial: Helping them realize if music is their thing, if they would get along with other musicians Their own guitar