ABSTRACT
Music and language share many attributes. Both are primarily auditory-based forms of communication. Early musical training helps develop brain areas involved in language and reasoning. Students can practice using the musical elements of dynamics and tempo, as well as different vocal registers, when retelling favorite fairy tales. Correlations exist between music training and both reading acquisition and sequence learning. Music helps build the very basic foundation for learning to read. By displaying the words to songs sung in class on a chart or on sentence strips in a holder, children are encouraged to read as they sing. Music helps their brains make connections, it is affective learning that helps them like to learn, and it helps them hear the rhythm of speech. Reading music reinforces many of the concepts necessary for the fluid reading of language.
