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How beatboxing can help young people with speech problems
Beatboxing can help young people overcome speech problems, and some neuroscientists think it could help to unlock the brain’s potential.
New book by Dr Anita Collins – The Lullaby Effect – lifting the lid on early years music research
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If, like me, you find that it’s a constant battle to make sense of all the…
How piano lessons can improve language skills
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Beijing Normal University have found that piano lessons help improve children’s language skills.
Early childhood music training can lead to better music and language skills
Early childhood music training can lead to improvements in both musical skills and language skills, according to Dr Sean Hutchins at the Royal Conservatory of
Advocacy – music in schools latest news & campaigns
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Does music training enhance literacy skills? A meta-analysis
This meta-analysis looked at the impact of music intervention on reading-related skills in children and suggests ‘modest gains’* for children receiving music training, compared with
Children who can keep a beat may be better readers and talkers
The ability to synchronise with a beat could indicate how well children of pre-school age will develop their future reading skills.
‘Schools are still killing creativity’ says Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson’s new book, ‘You, Your Child and School’ is a useful book for anyone advocating music education and is aimed directly at parents.
The overlap of neural systems for processing language and music
An E-book by academics in the USA contains 10 opinion, perspective, and research papers that focus on the overlap of neural systems for processing language and music.
New consortium forms to address music education inequality
Four of the UK’s most innovative access-to-music organisations – Creative United, OHMI, Drake Music and OpenUp Music – have come together to help tackle the crisis in music education.
Making music has a major impact on language skills – Professor Susan Hallam
A recent paper by Professor Susan Hallam from the UCL Institute of Education, concludes that making music has a major impact on the development of language skills among children and young people.
