Why Musikgarten?
Why Music and Movement are Vital for Children
Today, we know more about how children learn and grow than ever before. Today, we have data to confirm our hunch that "Music is vital to life." Read what experts in their fields think about the benefits of music and movement:
"Music brings people together. Through music, children take an inner experience and move it into a shared creative experience. Group music-making releases energy which can be channeled in creative, productive directions. Children learn about themselves and others by playing music together and by listening to each other—tapping into hidden courage that can be played out by singing together or discovering the inner resources to listen quietly to another child's playing."
Judi Bosco
Board Certified Music Therapist
"Resiliency—to bounce back after a disturbing event—is not something we are born with; it must be learned, and sometimes that takes many years. There is no vehicle more joyful and playful for providing such training than early childhood music and movement."
Dee Joy Coulter, Ed.D.
Neuroscience Educator
"A rich voice opens the ear and gives energy to the nervous system. Not only does it help children process and memorize the message, but it also increases their desire to listen more, learn more, and know more. A good voice fills the cognitive and emotional brain."
Paul Madaule
Founder and Director
The Listening Centre
"Speech and music have a number of shared processing systems. Musical experiences which enhance processing can therefore impact on the perception of language which in turn impacts on learning to read."
Susan Hallam
Institute of Education
University of London
Noted author and neuroscience educator Jane Healy speaks about children whose parents have chosen more "academic" pursuits for their children:"Studies show that 4-, 5-, and 6-year-olds in heavily "academic" classes tend to become less creative and more anxious—without gaining significant advantages over their peers."
Jane M. Healy
Your Child's Growing Mind
And, if everything else were not convincing enough…
A 2007 poll found that 88% of all post-graduate students in college and 83% of all people earning $150,000 or more had extensive music training.
Poll, November 14, 2007
Reuters, Ltd.