Can Music Help Enhance Learning Ability?

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For years researchers have been saying how important it is to introduce music to your child at an early age. But does music really help to enhance your child’s ability to learn? It is a proven fact that music has helped to educate students. For example some kindergarten teachers use
 musical rhymes to teach their children how to write, and how to learn the alphabet. The reason behind this is because it helps the child to retain the information better than without the rhymes or music.

But what about older children does it have the same affect on them. Have you ever taken the time to listen to how quickly a child picks up the lyrics from a song they like, or even how quickly they memorize the music that is played on their video games? Music helps a child’s memory in addition to other things. This is not to say that all educators should use musical one hundred percent of the time when educating their students. But there is nothing wrong with trying to combine the two. 

Many educators have been able to prove over the years that those children who were taught using musical techniques score a lot higher than those who do not. This covers all subjects like reading, math, science, and even history. Many educators have also found that this is a link between a child’s musical development and their language skills development. According to one particular study this was the same for children of all ages. What teachers need to do is combine music with their everyday learning activates. This method has even worked for children with learning disability. For more information on studies that were performed in these areas you can take a look at the Journal of Music Therapy dated 1988.

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  • This covers all subjects like reading, math, science, and even history.
  • But what about older children does it have the same affect on them.
  • This method has even worked for children with learning disability
 
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haha i have to do a purswasive essay on this!!! music = life and i want music in school lolz wouldnt you?

Posted on 03/04/2009 at 10:03:55 AM

haha im doing m senior project on this too

Posted on 02/20/2009 at 7:02:44 AM

im doin a project on this yeaaaaa

Posted on 02/03/2009 at 3:02:42 PM

yoyoyo im doing a project on it!!!LOL

Posted on 01/27/2009 at 10:01:33 AM

hola seniors

Posted on 11/19/2008 at 11:11:14 AM

YEP.I'M A TEEN

Posted on 10/04/2007 at 10:10:00 AM

I believe that it's easier to learn things to music. Simple example, I still have to sing the spelling to encyclopedia in order to spell it correctly.

Posted on 09/21/2006 at 4:09:00 AM

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