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Learning through music

Learning through music

At BestStart Montessori Flagstaff we are privileged to have a specialist music teacher join us for one day a week, as we value the importance of children learning through music.

It is well known that children with steady beat independence are better readers and more successful in maths. “Steady beat seems to help in these areas because it contributes to children’s ability to concentrate, to understand space and distance, and to have better control of their actions.” (Weikert, 2003).

Involvement in a music class further emphasises the development of beat. In music class we use rhymes and songs, we find the beat on our bodies and we also play the beat on different instruments. Providing our tamariki with opportunities to develop steady beat as they grow and develop also provides them with important skills that will impact their future learning.