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Musically Speaking, Did You Know?
Music positively affects all areas of development, unlike anything
I have ever witnessed. Not only with the children, but with the grown-ups
who love them, too.
- Music has more immunity-boosted potential when we actively participate…has
the ability to calm and soothe. (Kuhn)
- Children's musical sensitivity is more comprehensive than we think.
(Kokas)
- Music therapy has been demonstrated to directly help autistic-war
traumatized-sexually abused-special needs-physically disable-low income-homeless
children. (Hanna)
- Parent-child interactions possibly enhance attachment and the child's
self-esteem having a positive effect on the child's competence (Guilmartin
and Levinowitz)
- Combining language with movement increases cognition 90%. (Wolfe)
- Swinging, rocking vestibular activity (which children are doing less
of) is related to highest level of thinking. (Firestone)
- Infants are born with innate ability to process musical sounds and
patterns. Abilities must be nurtured through musical experiences or
will be diminished, if not lost. (Healy)
- Infants and young children have selective windows of opportunity for
optimal learning. This is especially true for music, since the ear is
so ripe for aural language development from birth-3. (Begley)
- Preschool years are a time for socialization and play vs. mastery
of abstract pre-academic tasks…caregivers need to make room for emotional
lives of children. (Hanna)
- Music is best discovered in the body. Spontaneous movement frees the
imagination. This freeing is a necessary prerequisite for great scientific
discoveries and artistic accomplishment. Music is the language of emotions
in the physical body that set the personality in motion. (Kokas)
- Music experiences can help children express difficult feelings, may
allow them to address important issues that might otherwise arrest their
normal development. (Hanna)
- Music nourishes as baby hears the voice, feels vibrations, smells
familiar scents all while the vestibular system is being stimulated
by rocking. (source unknown)
- Musical experiences provide sensory stimulation and multi-sensory
learning, helping to recognize patterns and understand sequence. (source
unknown)
- Exposure to music during the early years enhances the learning process
by promoting language development, creativity, co-ordination, social
interaction, self-esteem, auditory memory. It is the natural extension
of children's expression. (source unknown)
- The brain develops as it wires, only way it can wire is through senses as it experiences the world. Novelty wakes it up. Repetition is crucial. Experience wires & repetition strengthens the connections. Environment plays major role in optimizing brain development. 70% is related to environment. Music offers opportunities for wiring on both sides of brain. (Schiller)
- Bedtime rituals provide greater emotional regulation at 24 months, opportunities for predictable patterns, protective factors in development, learning readiness skills from preschool to Kindergarten. (National Head Start Research & Evaluation Study-EHSRE)
Research and Articles:
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?
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