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Linking Music To The Heart Of A Child
by: Robert Thatcher Music is powerful and persuasive. It touches one’s emotion, motivation,
creativity and relaxation. It has the soothing effect that can calm our mental
nerves. It inspires you to do something new and productive. It gives you ideas.
It lulls you to sleep. The list is definitely endless. Music is many things. It makes us happy, annoyed, melancholic, afraid and
mad. Music is also for every one. It invades almost anything and everything.
Different milieus have their own music to recollect. Various races and
continents also enjoy distinctive music. Young and old alike take pleasure in
it. In every stages of life there will always be music for it is perpetual. In
fact, there are unique types of music that caters to specific group of
individuals. Rock and metal music cater to hyperactive music enthusiasts. Love,
acoustic and pop songs blend well with lovers and emotional persons. For kids
there is the children’s music. Children’s music can give kids a magical experience. They can play roles
with it. For a moment, they can be a pretty princess with a castle or a dashing
knight in shining armor. They can simultaneously play musical instruments. They
can dance and sing. Music is entertaining most especially to children. Thus, even at the very
young age they must be exposed to music. By doing so, kids develop their sense
of adventure and discovery. Aside from that, they can be knowledgeable about children’s music
lyrics. They can also develop the basic languages. Children’s music can also be treated as therapy. Application of
children’s music can treat some physiological and psychosocial elements of
illness. Treatment is aimed for the acquisition of non-musical behavior by
virtue of systematic musical methods. Studies have proven that children with developmental delays and learning
disabilities like Down’s syndrome respond to music. Thus, exposure to music
can boost response and expression. As a result, individual expressions and
talents like singing and dancing can be discovered. Children’s music treats developmental delays and learning disabilities
by drawing out movements. The latter develops self-awareness which can easily be
manifested. Examples of these movements are gripping the beater, tapping a
triangle, playing cymbals and drums and the likes. The relationship between children’s music and movement cannot be
overemphasized. The rhythm of music creates the ideal stimulus that results to
coordinated movements. These movements lead to repetition which is a mode of
child learning. Aside from entertainment and therapy, children’s music is also a special
kind of education. It develops the cognitive skills of children. Exposure to
music stimulates learning about colors, numbers, shapes and parts of the body.
As a consequence, though may not be the primary goal, it increases the child’s
intelligence. Stimulation of cognitive abilities leads to multi-sensory development. The
latter contributes to the ability of a child to retail information and be
attentive to detail. As a result, the child becomes confident and clever. Children’s music can also develop the child’s social skills. Usually,
musical experiences are done in groups. Participants can sing in unison or one
after the other. With this process, every one is encouraged to participate thus
participants eventually become closer. Children’s music can be so powerful that it can develop both the
intrapersonal and interpersonal aspects of a child. It simultaneously augments
functional abilities at the same time the expressive and creative capacities of
a child.
About The Author
Robert Thatcher is a freelance publisher based in Cupertino, California.
He publishes articles and reports in various ezines and provides children
music resources on
http://www.about-children-music.info. |
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