Abstract
The study examined music-creating activities in childcare centers in Japan, focusing on activities involving picture books, and explored new ways of supporting childcare through musical play. We held a trial session on music-creating activities inspired by reading picture books, and conducted a questionnaire survey on participating parents to clarify the musical play between parents and children at home.
The results showed that hand-clapping, belly-drumming, and foot-tapping sounds found in picture books were easy for children to imitate. The results also suggested that there is a need to develop activities that parents and children could engage in together. Therefore, we conducted an analysis of picture books and suggested several such musical activities.
https://ror.org/01hjzeq58 
