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Kids Music – Audiation and Learning
An important building block for learning music skills and concepts is audiation. You may be familiar with the term inner hearing. The term audiation (inner hearing of music or silently hearing music) was coined by music education researcher Edwin E. Gordon.
Audiation is Gordon’s term for hearing music in the mind with understanding. It is the process of thinking music and comprehending music in the mind. Gordon describes audiation as the foundation of musicianship.
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Kids Music – The Benefits of Educational Music For Kids
It is interesting to observe how fast children learn when they are young! Research supports our observations that learning experiences must begin in the early years from birth to age five. This is a critical time in a child’s musical and cognitive development. The benefits of music and movement in the preschool years have been well documented. Research studies show that music enhances brain development and academic learning. Music affects many areas of brain function and neurological development. Many levels of neurological readiness exist in children, and music is a powerful enhancer at each stage of neurological development. The earlier a child is exposed to music and movement, the better. Research findings include:
- Children who receive early music training score higher on standardized tests.
- The use of music during learning can increase a child’s IQ.
- Young children who take music lessons show different brain development and improved memory over the course of a year compared to children who do not receive musical training. •
- There is a link between spatial reasoning and participation in music and movement activities.
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