Did you know...?

• Music stimulates the mind, encourages creativity and helps to lay a foundation for learning that leads to higher intelligence and aptitude.

• Preschoolers who studied piano performed 34% better in spatial and temporal reasoning ability than preschoolers who spent the same amount of time learning to use computers (Rauscher & Shaw. As reported in Neurological Research, February 1997).

• Preschoolers who took singing and keyboard lessons scored 80% higher on object-assembly tests than students at the same preschool who did not have the music lessons (Rauscher & Shaw. As reported in Symphony, Sept.-Oct. 1996).

• In a study of medical school applicants, 66% of the music majors who applied to medical school were admitted, the highest percentage of any group. Only 44% of the biochemistry majors were admitted (Lewis Thomas, as reported in the Phi Delta Kappan, February 1994).

• The very best engineers and technical designers in the Silicon Valley industry are, nearly without exception, practicing musicians (Grant Venerable, The Center for the Arts in the Basic Curriculum, New York, 1989).

• In 1994, it was reported by the college entrance examination board that students with coursework in music performance taking the university entrance exam (SAT) scored 49 points higher on the verbal portion of the test and 36 points higher on the math portion than students with no course work or experience in the arts.

• It has been shown that high school music students have higher grade point averages than non-music students do in the same school (from Time Magazine June 11, 1999).

• After eight months of musical training, 3 year olds were expert puzzle masters, scoring 80% higher than their playmates did in spatial intelligence – the ability to visualize the world accurately. This skill later translates into mathematical/conceptual and engineering skills.

• Scientists now believe that music trains the brain for higher forms of thinking.

  Early Music Education Can Give your Child

  an Academic Advantage.

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Triumphant March

The students are performing the Triumphant March (from Aida by Verdi).

The children were so excited to act out this show. . .

4 pm class:

5 pm class:

Didn't they do great!?!! I love how much fun they had with it! (and I enjoyed making all of the props.)

They did such a good job being quiet during the show...it gave me a big smile to have one kid shout out (while putting his prop away), "That was FUN!" (And the rest of us agreed!)

Bell Map

We have been using Bell Maps to tell us which notes to play for familiar songs. I gave the students maps of Twinkle, Twinkle and Jingle Bells. Last week, I let the kids color in their own map for our Valentine Song.

A student's mom made this map. Great job!!!

Do you want to try to make your own bell map? If you do, I would love to see it!