This research aims to elucidation of the factors that affect singing ability in early childhood by home environment, “AIRS Test Battery of Singing Skills for Children-Revised (ATBSS)” and “The home environment survey” carried out a comprehensive survey. A preliminary survey was carried for 4-7-year-old children of 23 people and their mothers. As a result, on comparison between early education of music or without and musical environment high and low, a significant difference occurred to major scale up, major scale descending and third pitch pattern repetition abilities. This survey aims to identify for reproduce of a preliminary survey carried out survey for year-round to order children of 90 people and their mothers. As a result, early education of music is identified that influence on improve of the accuracy of the repeating pattern consisting of three pitches and start sound, pitch, intonation. The results logistic regression analysis about whether or not early education of music and these singing ability, one of the factors that affect singing ability in early childhood suggests that influence on the presence or absence of early education of music.

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