The purpose of this final paper is to explain and approximate the concept of listening to music for early and preschool children. Listening to music is an essential element in a child’s development. There are many reasons why we listen to music, and one of them is that it creates a feeling of comfort and arouses emotions. Active and passive listening to music have an equally important impact on the development of a child's musical abilities. Using the method of active listening to music in children creates the need to listen again, develops and expands the child's taste and encourages them to other activities such as singing, dancing, playing etc. In order to stimulate children's interest and development, the choice of music that educators play is important. Music folders are one of the ways of actively listening to music, which introduces children to musical elements, instruments, and the color and sound of instruments. With music folders, it is also recommended to listen to different styles of music and different gardens of music folders to stimulate children's interest and enrich their knowledge.