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Everything about good music is positive with the power to affect our lives forever. Music is also a powerful way for children to connect to their roots. Studies are chockfull of compelling data, affirming just how good music is for young children.
I have always enjoyed music because it feels good, but now we know how good it is for us-just how grand it really is. I am not a scientist and sometimes I find study methodologies complex, but the outcomes absolutely thrill me.
Research and Articles:
Music For Your Health
Brain Power: Five Ways Neuroscience Will Change Education
What Your Toddler Thinks Of Discipline
How Nature Makes Kids Calmer, Healthier and Smarter
Insights From the Youngest Minds
The Science of Play
Advice from the OT: Why Kids Need Recess and PE for Academic Success
10 Reasons Play Can Make You Healthy, Happy, and More Productive
Auditory and Visual Discrimination Difficulties and Activities to Develop and Strengthen From A-Z of Special Needs for Every Teacher
The holistic learning outcomes of musical play for children with Down syndrome
Let Me Play! (Trust Me, I’m Learning)
When They're Very Young By Keith Powers
Teaching Music Journal. January 2012
NAfME/National Association for Music Education
"In kindergarten and beyond, students gradually develop their musical skills. But music aptitude develops much earlier-and teachers can begin to foster it in preschool."
Too much, too soon
Music and Parenting ~ Somewhat Like A Symphony
Restricting Children's Play May Harm Them
Overpressured, too many kids show signs of grown-up illness
Developmental Milestones of Early Literacy
Early Brain Development Research Review and Update
Movement
Developmental Concepts Enhanced through Music and Movement For 3-year-olds thru Pre-K
Music as Valuable Tool & What's in it For the Parent
Studies Tell Us
Research Findings & Quotes from Journal of Zero to Three - The Music Lives of Babies and Families
Mothers are Musical Mentors
Musically Speaking, Did You Know?
