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    This document discusses the benefits of teaching music to young children. It argues that music develops important skills like listening, social skills, creativity, problem solving, and stress relief. Music is also like a language in that it has structures and conveys emotions. Research shows music helps brain development - it uses 90% of the brain, enlarges areas for pitch analysis, and is linked to improved academic performance. The elements of music prepare the brain for language skills. Early music lessons can improve spatial skills, concentration, coordination and more. Learning music is a whole-brain activity.

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    This document discusses the benefits of teaching music to young children. It argues that music develops important skills like listening, social skills, creativity, problem solving, and stress relief. Music is also like a language in that it has structures and conveys emotions. Research shows music helps brain development - it uses 90% of the brain, enlarges areas for pitch analysis, and is linked to improved academic performance. The elements of music prepare the brain for language skills. Early music lessons can improve spatial skills, concentration, coordination and more. Learning music is a whole-brain activity.

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    This document discusses the benefits of teaching music to young children. It argues that music develops important skills like listening, social skills, creativity, problem solving, and stress relief. Music is also like a language in that it has structures and conveys emotions. Research shows music helps brain development - it uses 90% of the brain, enlarges areas for pitch analysis, and is linked to improved academic performance. The elements of music prepare the brain for language skills. Early music lessons can improve spatial skills, concentration, coordination and more. Learning music is a whole-brain activity.

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    This document discusses the benefits of teaching music to young children. It argues that music develops important skills like listening, social skills, creativity, problem solving, and stress relief. Music is also like a language in that it has structures and conveys emotions. Research shows music helps brain development - it uses 90% of the brain, enlarges areas for pitch analysis, and is linked to improved academic performance. The elements of music prepare the brain for language skills. Early music lessons can improve spatial skills, concentration, coordination and more. Learning music is a whole-brain activity.

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    The key takeaways are that music helps with expression, stress relief, listening skills, social skills, exploration, creativity and problem solving for young children.

    Some benefits of music for young children's development include helping with imagination and play, not being afraid to make mistakes, and encouraging ingenuity and problem solving.

    Music helps with language development in young children because music is like a language with its own structures and conveys emotions. Early exposure to music through the womb and infancy helps with language recognition and imitation.

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    WHY TEACH MUSIC TO YOUNG


    CHILDREN ?
    Music as a means of expression
    Listening Skill Social Skill

    Encourage Ingenuity Great healer


    and
    Problem Solving

    Unlimited creativity Imagination Play

    Free Explore Not afraid to persevere


    make mistakes
    try out new things

    Show their Emotions Reliever of stress


    Music and Language
    Music like a language
    Music has its own structures, contours, rhythms, phrases, patterns,
    intonations and nuances, grammar, syntax, cultural identity
    It conveys feelings and emotions and affects the mood of both
    performer and listener.
    Before birth,they listen to the sound of their mothers heartbeat,
    learn to recognize her voice, show a preference towards her native
    language and respond with movement to familiar rhymes, stories
    and music.
    At birth, a baby can recognize familiar songs and distinguish the
    voices of his parents from other voices.
    In the first weeks of life, babies listen intently to the world around
    them. They learn to locate the source of a sound
    Babies and toddlers learn how to imitate sounds and create their
    own, with objects such as saucepans and wooden spoons and with
    their own bodies and voices. They sway along to the music and
    show enjoyment, smiling, clapping and learning to take turns with
    other children.
    Research shows that
    greater attention to early
    language development by
    parents and caregivers
    that encourages the
    development of literacy and
    communication skills.

    The elements of music (e.g.


    rhythm, pitch, timbre) are the
    very elements used in
    speaking a language and for
    this reason, music also is a
    crucial prerequisite to
    language development,
    preparing the ear and brain
    to listen to, assimilate and
    produce sounds.
    Brain-based benefits of music-making
    When a musician plays or sings, he or she uses approximately 90% of the brain,
    more than any other activity (Wilson, University of California).

    Music lessons in childhood actually enlarge the brain. An area used to analyze
    the pitch of a musical note is enlarged 25% in musicians compared to people
    who have never played an instrument. The earlier the musicians were when they
    started musical training, the bigger this area of the brain appears to be (University
    of Munster, 1998).

    Children who take part in musical activities achieve higher school grades than
    their non-music-making peers (Gardiner, Fox, Knowleds and Jeffrey, 1996).

    Good pitch discrimination has been shown to be a prerequisite to learning to


    read Lamb, S.J., & Gregory, A.H., 1993).

    Music may be considered a "pre-language," and early music training may be


    useful in exercising the brain for higher cognitive functions (Leng and Shaw).
    Preschool children given piano lessons showed vastly improved spatial-temporal
    reasoning and puzzle-solving ability (Rauscher and Shaw, University of California).

    Instrumental practice enhances coordination, concentration and memory and brings


    about the improvement of eyesight and hearing (Wilson, University of California).

    Taking part in musical activities trains the brain in aesthetic literacy and the students'
    perceptual, imaginative and visual abilities (Sinatra, 1986).

    Learning to control rhythm and tempo in group music-making helps students to


    perform other routine activities with more ease and efficiency" (Stanford University).

    Musical activity has been shown to increase mathematical ability (Gardiner, 1996).

    There is no center for music-making in the brain, but multiple areas of both left and
    right hemispheres are used when making music. Music is a whole-brain activity
    (Parsons, 1998).

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