Aim. The importance of a musically rich environment has been displayed in many studies concerning children and outstanding musicians. Future teachers of pre-school and early childhood education have been omitted. This research is therefore an attempt to answer the research question: what is the meaning of music for the families of preschool and early childhood students? Materials and methods. The study group consisted of 91 pre-school and early childhood students. The main research method was a diagnostic survey. The students were asked to complete the open sentence in writing: „In my family home, a music ...”. The narratives were analyzed qualitatively. Conclusion. Research has shown, among other things. that most families do not provide a rich musical experience, either in performing music or in attending music concerts. The functioning of music in the respondents’ family homes was mostly negatively assessed by adult children. For this reason, in my opinion, the mission of universities in educating teachers should be to make students aware of the importance of parents in the musical development of a child.