MOTIVATE CHILDREN THROUGH RESPECT.
SHOW CHILDREN THAT YOU VALUE WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW AND ASK THEM TO TEACH YOU.
SHOW THEM RESPECT FOR THEIR ORAL CULTURE.
HELP THEM TO COLLECT IT.
SAVE AMERICA'S ORAL CULTURE.
* EVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE RESEARCH DOCUMENTS THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY IN LEARNING
* EVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE RESEARCH DOCUMENTS THE IMPORTANCE OF LAUGHTER IN LEARNING
EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE AND MUSIC
SPEECH AND SONG is an oral / aural tradition and is useful when there are stories to tell that may be as long as 2,500 verses. Songs are a simple rhyming mnemonic device which helps us even remember.
TEACH READING USING SONG (MNEMONICS - SPEECH AND MUSIC CONNECTION)
MUSIC AND READING CONNECTION We learn our first songs using rhyme to aid our memory. Songs help you memorize the information and since print was invented we've forgotten our roots of why we did it.
"Music helps lift reading off the paper - the words come alive to the kids"