This paper reports on a study of early childhood musical identities. Participants were children aged 3-8 years and their parent(s) from three geographically disparate areas in the state of New South Wales, Australia and Hawaii, USA. Data were collected in the form of semi-structured interviews, focusing on what, where and with whom the children…

Extending earlier findings of the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) on child outcomes, this study investigated the variables of mothers' language complexity (levels of distancing) and degree of involvement in interactions with their children in order to clarify the relationship of the variables to each other and their relationship to their 4-…

Kamehameha Schools' Prekindergarten Educational Program (PREP) was started in 1978 to prepare at-risk Hawaiian families and their children for success in school. PREP's direct services include: (1) parent-infant educational services, including home visits to help parents prepare for a new baby and later learn appropriate child development…