Please check out this great info-graphic that explains the science of how music impacts our brains.
Here Attention skill, anxiety management, and emotional control....and those are just the highlights.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/01/07/music-lessons-spur-emotional-and-behavioral-growth-in-children-new-study-says/ Thank you all for being a part of our musical learning experiences. Your voice is important as well. Please take the time to comment with your positive memories of music class while you were growing up.
http://www.nafme.org/the-other-music-advocates/ Here is a great blog with facts about the role of music education in our schools. Let's continue to teach our students to think "beyond the bubble"!
http://www.nafme.org/category/broader-minded/ I have decided to start this blog page as a advocacy page for Music Education. Many people ask me "Why Music?", "Don't you just sing songs?", "Teaching music is actually something you can major in in college?", etc. The answer is YES! Yes, to all of it. If I can inspire just one student to want to become a better person through music, then it's all worth it to me. Here are some of my favorite articles about music and it's worth.
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AuthorMs. Pyzek received her Bachelors in Music Education from the University of Illinois ('03), her Master's of Science in Reading from the University of St. Francis ('11) and in Teaching and Learning ('16). She has been teaching since 2003, and has been at Walnut Trails since 2007. Archives
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