Music Enhances Children's Overall Development
Studies Have Shown That Music Enhances Children’s Overall Development
Studies have shown that music enhances children’s overall development, improves their overall academic accomplishments, promotes self-determination, and enriches their personal lives. Prior to and during school, music supports academics through delivering educational materials. Music reinforces children’s reading and mathematics abilities through listening and being involved. Music supports self-determination through participation in musical performances and working with others to remain in school. Music supplements children personal lives through fostering team work, trust, and respect for others. Music influences children to continue to further education …show more content…
Former President John Quincy Adams played the flute; Thomas Jefferson and Woodrow Wilson played the violin; and Harry S. Truman and Richard M. Nixon played piano. President Warren Harding played every instrument except the trombone and the clarinet; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt played the organ; and President Bill Clinton plays the saxophone. Famous political figures like Benjamin Franklin played the guitar and violin, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plays the piano. The National Association of Music Education reported that through music, children chances to succeed and attain more wealth are intensified. Therefore, a small investment now can produce large dividends later in life (MENC, …show more content…
(1979). Generic style music preference of fifth-grade students. Journal of Research in Music Education, 27, (4), 255-270.
Mahoney, J. L., & Cairnes, R. B., (1997). Do extracurricular Activities Protect Against Early School Dropout? Developmental Psychology, 33, 2, 241-253., 7.
National Association for Musical Education. (1991). Growing up complete: The music imperative for music education. Retrieved September 27, 2010, from http://www.menc.org/resources/view/growing-up-complete-the-imperative-for-music-education.
Parncutt, R., & McPherson, G. (2002). The Science and Psychology of Music Performance Creative Strategies for Teaching and Learning. Research Studies in Education, 19, 1, 78.
Piro, J. & Ortiz, C. (2009). The effect of piano lessons on the vocabulary and verbal sequencing skills of primary grade students. Psychology of Music, 37(3), 325-334.
Rauscher, F.H., Shaw, G. L., & Katherine, N. (1993). Music and Spatial task performance. Nature, 365, 611.
Whitehead, B. J. (2001). The effect of music-intensive intervention on mathematics scores of middle and high school students. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Capella University. (Doctoral Dissertation, Capella University). Dissertation Abstracts International, 62 (08),
Studies have shown that music enhances children’s overall development, improves their overall academic accomplishments, promotes self-determination, and enriches their personal lives. Prior to and during school, music supports academics through delivering educational materials. Music reinforces children’s reading and mathematics abilities through listening and being involved. Music supports self-determination through participation in musical performances and working with others to remain in school. Music supplements children personal lives through fostering team work, trust, and respect for others. Music influences children to continue to further education …show more content…
Former President John Quincy Adams played the flute; Thomas Jefferson and Woodrow Wilson played the violin; and Harry S. Truman and Richard M. Nixon played piano. President Warren Harding played every instrument except the trombone and the clarinet; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt played the organ; and President Bill Clinton plays the saxophone. Famous political figures like Benjamin Franklin played the guitar and violin, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plays the piano. The National Association of Music Education reported that through music, children chances to succeed and attain more wealth are intensified. Therefore, a small investment now can produce large dividends later in life (MENC, …show more content…
(1979). Generic style music preference of fifth-grade students. Journal of Research in Music Education, 27, (4), 255-270.
Mahoney, J. L., & Cairnes, R. B., (1997). Do extracurricular Activities Protect Against Early School Dropout? Developmental Psychology, 33, 2, 241-253., 7.
National Association for Musical Education. (1991). Growing up complete: The music imperative for music education. Retrieved September 27, 2010, from http://www.menc.org/resources/view/growing-up-complete-the-imperative-for-music-education.
Parncutt, R., & McPherson, G. (2002). The Science and Psychology of Music Performance Creative Strategies for Teaching and Learning. Research Studies in Education, 19, 1, 78.
Piro, J. & Ortiz, C. (2009). The effect of piano lessons on the vocabulary and verbal sequencing skills of primary grade students. Psychology of Music, 37(3), 325-334.
Rauscher, F.H., Shaw, G. L., & Katherine, N. (1993). Music and Spatial task performance. Nature, 365, 611.
Whitehead, B. J. (2001). The effect of music-intensive intervention on mathematics scores of middle and high school students. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Capella University. (Doctoral Dissertation, Capella University). Dissertation Abstracts International, 62 (08),