Do you think music will help to develop child’s education?

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Permalink Reply by Neil A. Rochelle on February 18, 2009 at 7:41am

I know music can and should be used to develop a child. I have been a special education teacher and an administrator for 27 years. I have seen music play a tremendous part in the education and learning of children. Children on the autism spectrum that relate to music when voice is ignored, students learning multiplication and grammar through the introduction of a rap, to the most severely disabled students relax their tense muscles or calm severe behavior outbursts through the use of music. "Music is a window into the soul" was not said without good cause. We were chanting, using tone and intonation long before we used words. It is reptilian in our brain structure.....

Just a few thoughts. Thanks for the invite!

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Nixon on Wednesday

Thanks for sharing this reply.  As a music educator at the elementary level, it seems more and more administrators are happy to put cultural arts on the back burner.  Its too bad because the arts got me through my K-12 schooling.  I was never an A+ student, but my parents would always get letters in the mail saying I scored very high on standardized testing.  If only more "higher ups" would make the simple connection. 

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Permalink Reply by John Khan on February 24, 2009 at 12:43am

Hey, This is good that music help to develop child's education.

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Permalink Reply by Deidre Volberding on March 30, 2009 at 9:14pm

I believe that music does help with the development of a child. I would assume that it would help with the develpment of the child, and possibly make them smarter in some ways.

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Permalink Reply by Benjamin Reimer on May 11, 2009 at 4:58pm

Music is important in early childhood (and throughout education) for the emotive experience it provides, whereas the rest of the curriculum is based on the cognitive or physical. Essentially, music may employ the heart in finding a unison between head, heart and hand, which I feel is invaluable in a Childs education.

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Permalink Reply by Maria Smith on Friday

I always incorporate music to everything in my classroom.  When they enter my classroom, classical music is playing to calm them and be ready for the morning announcements.  During Math time, they once again hear the classical music  playing in the background.  Our awesome PE teacher incorporates music during class and my students will come back knowing patterns, rhythm and beat.  Music is such an integral part of learning and I think they learn better.  I guess as long as the music is appropriate.  No matter what, I will keep playing my classical music in my room to stimulate their thinking--so many research on this.

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Permalink Reply by Stacey Bell on Saturday

I definitely think that music plays a huge role in a child's education.  I can remember when I was in elementary school, I had a really hard time learning basic multiplication.  I just couldn't remember.  My teacher found a corny tape that turned multiplication into a children's song.  I listened to it all the time when I was home and it really helped me.  I don't think I would be able to multiply now without it.

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Permalink Reply by Mollie Dwyer 19 hours ago

I agree that music plays a huge part in education.  I teach special education and most of my students are non-verbal.  Even though they cannot sing the words to songs, they are able to hum or move to the beat of the music.  Music is also a great motivator for students.

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