A challenging task for teachers and students are transition times. Not many people are comfortable with change so we must come up with a task to help with these periods of transitioning from one activity to the next.
In a PBS article various scholars and writers speak of the importance of music in our lives and how it helps our learning process. A particular topic that stuck out me was the section about how music "tie tunes to tasks" (Lucas 2012). A writer in this article says,
"Your child memorizes more effectively through rhythm and rhyme. Chants and raps improve memory of details and help the retrieval of information later"
(Brewer 2012).
Reference
Boost Memory and Learning with Music. May 7, 2012, Cherri Lucas. Education.com. Pbs.org https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/boost-memory-and-learning-with-music
I do not play an instrument, nor can I hold a tune, but I grew up with my family playing music all the time. While with children I try to expose them to all types of music because I have learned that there is therapy behind the sounds. In my family we cleaned to music every Friday night and Saturday morning, that made the most mundane task manageable. The correlation between the father daughter dance at a wedding, music is a way of making connections.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was pregnant with my daughter I would put the earphones to my belly and play piano music. After she was born, she loved listening to music when she was playing. I would play calming lullabies every night to help her go to sleep. Now that she is 15, she needs music playing so she can go to sleep. It is clear to me that music has a big impact on her mood and her life.
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