Music & Learning

In this course we focus on the following:

• How music activities can be used as a valuable tool for speech and language development.
• The benefits of bilingualism
• Elements that can be found in music as well as in speech and language.
• Music activities can play a role in reading, language and communication.
• What happens during early childhood development when music is involved?
• Which areas in the brain are being developed during music activities?
• The key roll that rhythm, sound and movement plays.
• The overlapping of anatomical networks during exposure to music activities.
• Why instrumental play enhances language and communication.
• How music can enhance auditory perception.
• Music can expand a child’s vocabulary.
• The characteristics of different age groups and their response to music.
• Appropriate activities for different age groups.