     
Music's "Window of Opportunity"
According to Dr. Lorna Heyge, the benefits of music are overwhelmingly positive for your baby:
- Optimizes brain development
- Enhances multiple intelligences
- Builds social/emotional skills
- Promotes attention to tasks and inner speech
- Stimulates creativity and enhances joy
Publications, On Line Journals and Research Support
The Music and Science Information Computer Archive -
www.musica.uci.edu
A database compiled by the University of California at Irvine featuring scientific research on music as
related to behavior, the brain and associated fields.
Early Childhood News Journal -
www.earlychildhoodnews.com
This journal of professional development serves the training/inservice needs of childcare
professionals by providing a journal of professional development that will
present relevant information and innovative ideas to increase their knowledge of
early childhood development and appropriate programs for young children.
Related Articles as seen in Early Childhood News Journal:
The Power of Music, Dr. Frances Rauscher, Sept/Oct '96
www.earlychildhoodnews.com/archive/power.htm
Wired for Sound, Cynthia Ensign Baney, Jul/Aug '97
www.earlychildhoodnews.com/archive/wired.htm
Music and Brain Information Database -
A comprehensive database of scientific research on music as related to behavior,
the brain and allied fields, in order to foster interdisciplinary knowledge.
White House Conference, April 17, 1997 -
Early Childhood Development and Learning: What New Research on the Brain Tells
Us About Our Youngest Children. Over the last four years, the Administration
has invested heavily in research to help us better understand the importance of
the first few years to child development and learning, and in strengthening
efforts that support families and caregivers with young children.
Recent Related Articles As Seen in Consumer Magazines:
Will Piano Lessons Make My Child Smarter?
by Vadim Prokhorov, Parade Magazine, June 14, 1998
Article discussing new studies that suggest playing music -
and even just listening to it - may improve learning, memory, logic, and general
creativity.
Healthy Tunes
by Helen Cordes, Parenting, February 1999
Article
discussing how kids not only love listening to music, but experts say it may
also help their cognitive development.
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