The First Music Seed Strategy: The Energizer/Warm-Up Musical Memories

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Damkohler, Katherine. "Bringing Back What Works in Education." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 25 Feb. 2015. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.

I. Plato, a Greek philosopher once said “I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.”

It can be proven, through literary research and personal experiences, that music has a positive effect on learning and memory. It can be concluded that these positive effects have an impact on patients with Alzheimer’s, on the motor skills and auditory memory of mentally disabled children, on students attempting to remember subject manner that they are learning, and on the affectivity of advertisements. On a personal note, music has facilitated my ability to remember things, both positive and negative, a number of times. For example, in high school I memorized the days of the week in French by singing them along with a tune that was already familiar to me. I have also had multiple experiences in which I remember things that I do not want

Inspiring students to take on science, technology, engineering, art and math, and look at these subjects in a different way--as something they can easily learn takes some creativity. It doesn’t get any more creative than using music to get students excited about these subjects.

For any course, music can be used in some way. In what ways do you believe you will you incorporate music to help teach your curriculum?

Music has been apart of society for thousands of years and an outlet for people's stress and other problems they may be facing. It helps the brain function and understand conditions better by breaking it down and trying to comprehend it. Music has made and is still making an impact on the lives of people all around the world. Because of its impact on peoples lives neuroscientist wanted to get to the source and have been looking at the brain to determine the exact effects of music and they can now answer the question, what effects does music have on the brain? Listening to music can send pleasure to your mind, decide your emotions, lower stress, and improve learning.

While active music making is the primary goal of music education, as children mature, they will use their known experience and performance to draw from and move to a focus on music literacy and critical response to music. The abilities to read, discuss, evaluate and create music become key components in the development of future independent musicians. With a focus on active music making, student inquiry, and essential questions, I aim to engage the whole child and optimize learning.

for learning at a rapid pace, while expanding your memory to a higher retention. Music is a

In order to appease the people, one must give them bread and circuses. In ancient Rome to avoid riots, Emperor Augustus feed the people bread and gave them entertainment in the form of the gladiatorial games. “ The Musical Brain” by Cesar Aira puts a spin on a well known phrase panem et circenses, bread and circuses. In this peculiar story, the narrator’s thirst for knowledge, and normalcy echo throughout the whole book.

The classroom has always been a place for learning and taking on new challenges. Normally, the discovery has some kind of connection to the class one is taking, however recently 11 out of 10 students have reported a new kind of discovery: a musical one.

My second online classroom observation was observing Mrs. Herbic teaching her kindergarten students about a Calendar with visual flash card and music The Calendar was made with the month, important dates, snowflakes numbers, and snowmen numbers. Today teacher need innovated way to engage student to listen, think cognitively, process and store the information. . Music is a fascinating way to teach students and keep their attention. Children at age of two thru five have rapid brain growth; which increase cognitive abilities, fine and gross motor skills. This is the age to introduce students to a different language, basic history, math, reading, and science. Mrs. Herbic was using music to teach the student within the guidelines or policies of

In Macedonian hills, the music of Orpheus was said to possess certain magical qualities, having powers strong enough to alter the very behavior of people and animals. Among its abilities, the notes of Orpheus' lyre were said to calm the guard-dog of Hades (1), to cause the evil Furies to cry, and to tame the deadly voices of the Sirens (2). Was this power simply a divine and magical gift with no other explanation, or can we explain more specifically the connections between music and behavior?

The article “The effects of music on achievement, attitude and retention in primary school English lessons” by Koksal, Yagisan, and Cekic show the impact music has in the classroom. The Article claims “best learning environment is one that includes music” (Köksal, et al. 1897). Meaning music activates different parts of the brain that coincide with memory. Through an experimental study mentioned in the article shows music has a “increased achievement in English vocabulary learning” (Köksal, et al. 1899). Memory channels are activated and students are able to retain what is being taught through the use of music. Therefore the article suggests music is a method that can be used in primary schools to exercise the mind helping students hold onto what they learn for longer periods of time. The authors argue music brings out a different level of intelligence in the classroom. However the article fails to briefly describe traditional methods, other possible methods, and possible defaults of a music learning environment jeopardizing a overall well conducted study of music used as a source of education.

In school all across America we focus on remembering the facts, remember this, read this, and listen to this PowerPoint. The education system needs to shape young minds and teach instead of forcing knowledge upon them. Brains of young children are like a water balloon, it has room to expand for knowledge although, if you fill it to fast water will erupt or leak. Americans move fast, we believe the faster we go the further we will succeed. Despite these beliefs this does not work for students, to fast and to much water in their balloon will make it pop. All students are different, and have a different style of learning. There are a total of 7 different categories that all students fall under for learning they include visual, aural, verbal, physical, logical, social, and solitary (Lepi). As a result some students learn by working this groups, or using a song to remember material for an upcoming test. Others may like to see graphs to compare; and some comprehend chemistry better from seeing and studying a model of water. As a result of this diversity it is hard for many students to sit through a power point with facts to fully understand what they are learning. A study was performed using “Academic music” at Hoover elementary school in California. After 6 weeks of the technic of learning using music the students scored 50% higher on a fraction test then students at the same score using