Professional Development Webinar: How Music Can Support Social-Emotional Learning and Language Skills in Early Childhood || Target Audience: Early Childhood Educators, Childcare Workers, Parents|| Description: This informative, interactive webinar begins with basic information on how music impacts early childhood development from infancy. We then focus on the connection between music and social/emotional learning, using examples of how both lyrics and melody impact that learning. We also discuss how children acquire language skills and the role of rhyming songs in building those skills. Familiar childhood songs and songs from Nursery Rhymes for Kinder Times® are used as examples throughout the presentation. The webinar wraps up with how to use music/ stories to support skills in early childhood settings during daily routines. It also underscores how songs/stories can be used by families to support SEL and language skills at home and strengthen the home/school connection.