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The article highlights the meaning of music activities in early childhood education. All the personalthoughts and information are mostly based on the Finnish educational system and the examples comingfrom my teaching practice at Vasa Övningsskola. Music education has an enormous impacton the child’s development at early school age. The way we teach and the teacher’s personality playa key role in the process of self-learning. This article contains both theoretical and practical aspects ofmusic education in Finnish primary schools. The conclusion is supported by personal experience andobservations from a Finnish primary school, which help to precisely describe music education in thisparticular system. The speaker will present activities and ideas used in the music education in earlyschool age based on the national curriculum from 2016.