Music Bridge Gap

Using Music to Bridge the Gap
Using music to bridge a learning gap is absolutely possible. It is scientifically proven that music, especially making music, helps bridge the learning gap in young students. Using scientific methods studies have been carried out which showed after just two years of musical instruction the brains of young students learned language skills in ways that music improved. Using neural probes proof was seen that the musical instruction changed young students brains in such a way that their language skills improved. The way they heard sound and processed sounds improved.

Need For Arts
This leads to better grades across the span of their entire education. These findings give evidence to the fact that children need music and other arts education. The arts should be included in all curriculums and should not be thought of as an extra to be eliminated by tighter school budgets.

Widening the Gap
It is shocking and sad to realize how many low income students spend their summers inside, probably in front of a TV, caring for younger siblings. Because their neighborhood may not be safe, while their higher income peers spend their summers at writing camps, Lego camps, band camp and regular old sleep in a tent swim in the lake overnight …show more content…
Using music to bridge this learning gap is a real way is a school can help their students succeed. As a former student with dyslexia, this author knows firsthand how much a difference having music having in one's education can make. In elementary school there were dedicated class rooms for making music and learning choir. In junior high and high school choir and band were offered. As a band student and later choir I know firsthand how much musical instruction helped with my dyslexia to point to not needing reading classes in higher grades. I still remember how learning to enunciate in choir classes helped me in too many ways to list