Music has a profound impact on children's lives, yet it is often overlooked in early childhood classrooms. Music instruction enhances children's spatial-temporal reasoning skills--skills that are crucial to learning math and science. For children who received formal music lessons, there was a positive long-lasting correlation with IQ and academic ability (Schellenberg 2006). However, some early childhood teachers may not have sufficient music knowledge and the confidence needed to integrate music into the classroom curriculum. Although many teachers use music to teach other subjects, such as social studies, literacy, and mathematics, music seldom receives the same level of attention as other subjects. This article is designed for early childhood teachers who are not musically inclined or who have limited music knowledge. The authors suggest the following four steps for effectively implementing the National Standards for Music Education (MENC 1994a) in the early childhood curriculum: (1) Read the music standards; (2) Learn the music terminology related to the standards; (3) Implement the music standards; and (4) Check the music standards.