Musical Fun For Children!
At Bright Beginning we believe children who
grow up hearing music, singing songs, and moving to the beat
are enjoying what experts call "a rich sensory environment." That's
just a elaborate way of saying a child is exposed to a wide
variety of tastes, smells, textures, colors, and sounds. Children
who enjoy such a rich environment do more than have fun; researchers
believe they forge more pathways between the cells in their
brains.
The introduction of musical experiences at
a young age is an important way to help create these pathways,
also called neural connections. While listening to music is
certainly key to brain stimulus, it's when your child actively
participates in music that he or she makes the strongest connections.
Research has shown that children who are actively involved
in music:
1. Do better in reading and math
2. Are better able to focus and control their bodies
3. Play better with others and have higher self-esteem
We believe that all children are musical. All
children can learn to sing in tune, keep a beat, and participate
with confidence in the music of our culture, provided that
their early environment supports such learning.
Bright Beginning's incorporates weekly music
class encouraging them to act out stories, play singing games,
and use movement in meaningful ways. Basic musical notations
are introduced, and the teacher helps the children make a connection
between the notes they hear, and the notes they see on the
board are a first step to reading music.
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