Life is one grand sweet song, so start the music.
Ronald Reagan
Music is important for and to children for many reasons.
In fact, being aware and relating to music seems to be something thatshardwiredinto humans.
Parents can use music as a way for their child to learn and enjoy Life!
Music is Math!
Songs, tunes, or melodies are basically sounds.
Sounds in time made in a regular and repeated pattern, creating rhythms.
Rhythms are, in fact, a collection of fractions.
Fractions are mathematical expressions!
They represent the division of a whole number by another.
In the musical realm, notes replace numbers.
The resulting fraction doesnt represent a quantity of tangible items, but varying amounts of time.
Music is Language!
Music is Science!
Sciencemany types of scienceis integral to music.
For one, music involves multiple, sound-related aspects of physics.
Additionally the listeners sense of hearing is required so biology comes into play.
Engineeringan applied sciencealso would have had a hand in the design of the room.
Music is Exercise!
Music is ART!
Music is a form of creative expression.
Music can also be useful as a form of self-expression.
Ahmet Ertegun
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Karen Whittier, better known asTeacher Karen, is Early Childhood Engineer and Play Specialist forPlay & Grow.
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