Why Young Children Learn Music

The study of music at a young age increases the quality of the child's early life experiences. Music can soothe, stimulate or entertain children. It provides pleasure, joy and an outlet for creative expression; it helps develop listening and auditory discrimination skills; it contributes to motor skill development (both large muscle and small muscle); and it increases the range and flexibility of the voice. Music can soothe emotions, invite enthusiasm and bring immense pleasure to the listener.

Eight Cool Things Music Does for Kids

1. Confidence and Poise: Music making offers children a chance to perform with and for others, and to develop confidence in their ability to make presentations for groups.

2. Perseverance and Commitment: As children become more skilled in singing, moving and playing instruments, they can see and hear the results of their efforts.

3. Coordination: The many movement activities associated with music experiences develop both small muscles and large muscles. The awareness of internal steady pulse, coordinated with external movements, helps children regulate their behavior.

4. Self-respect and Satisfaction: As musical skills develop, children feel a strong sense of satisfaction in their progress and develop a feeling of self-respect that transfers to other situations in life.

5. Creativity and Self-expression: Music experiences often invite individual creative responses and encourage children's imagination in other creative endeavors.

6. Pride in Achievement: Sharing music with peers and family reinforces the value of each child in the classroom, and children develop a sense of pride in their musical achievements.

7. Concentration and Problem-solving: Learning about music requires concentration and focus. When children are asked to analyze, compare and contrast sounds, they are actively engaged in problem-solving experiences.

8. Fun and Relaxation: Singing, moving, playing instruments and listening to music are all enjoyable experiences. Music making can provide hours of personal entertainment and relaxation throughout one's entire life.

在一个年轻的年龄增加了孩子的早期生活体验的质量研究音乐。音乐可以抚慰，刺激或招待儿童。它提供的乐趣，喜悦和创造性表达出一种，它有助于提高听力和听觉辨别能力，它有助于对运动技能的发展（包括大肌肉和小肌肉）和它增加的范围和声音的灵活性。音乐可以舒缓情绪，热情邀请和愉悦，带来巨大的听众。

8个很酷的事情，音乐确实为孩子

1。信心和风采：音乐制作为儿童提供一个机会，以执行与和他人，并发展他们的能力，使艺术团体的信心。

2。毅力和承诺：随着孩子的歌声变得更熟练，移动和演奏乐器，他们可以看到和听到他们的努力的结果。

3。协调：许多运动与音乐有关的活动经验，同时发展小肌肉和大肌肉群。内部稳定的脉冲的认识，与外部动作协调，帮助孩子调节自己的行为。

4。自我尊重和满意度：作为音乐技巧的发展，儿童在他们的进展感到满意的一个强烈的责任感和发展自我尊重的感觉，要在生活的其他情况下转移。

5。创造力与自我表达：音乐创作的经验往往邀请个别的反应和鼓励儿童的创造性的努力在其他的想象力。

6。在成就感到自豪：分享音乐与同龄人及家庭强化了每个孩子在课堂上的价值，并开发出儿童在他们的音乐成就感到自豪的感觉。

7。浓度和解决问题：关于音乐的学习需要集中，突出重点。当孩子被要求进行分析，比较和对比的声音，他们正积极参与解决问题的经验。

8。娱乐和休闲：唱歌，运动，演奏乐器，听音乐，都是愉快的经历。音乐创作可以为整个人的整个生命的个人娱乐和放松的时间。

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Edwin Gordon, a preeminent music educator and researcher, states that "Music aptitude is a product of both innate potential and early environmental experiences. . .regardless of the level of music aptitude with which children are born, they must have early formal and informal experiences in music in order to maintain that level of potential. Otherwise, the level of music aptitude they may be born with will never be fully realized in achievement. . . . (a child's) innate music aptitude, be it high or low, will diminish, possibly vanishing to almost nothing, without an early stimulating music environment." ( "All About Audiation and Music Aptitudes," Music Educators Journal, No. 41, Sep. 99)

埃德温戈登，一个杰出的音乐教育家和研究员指出，“音乐aptitude是一个潜在的产品既有先天和早期环境经验。。。不论音乐性向与该儿童出生水平，必须尽早正式和非正式的经验在音乐中，以维持这一潜在水平。否则，音乐智能水平，他们可能是出生时将永远不会完全实现实现。。。。（孩子）的先天音乐天赋，无论是高或低，将会减少，几乎没有可能消失无刺激的早期音乐环境。“ （“所有关于Audiation和音乐性向，”音乐教育杂志，41号，9月99）