1. M USIC & L ITERACY

2. T HE P URPOSE OF M USIC E DUCATION Develop music literacy and musical intelligence Develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking

3. C ONNECTION OF M USIC & L ITERACY Music is an Universal Language Through music, children experience the wholeness of language. Music and reading go together because music celebrates language Music is a potential tool for helping build successful readers Music can motivate children to read Language naturally has rhythm and melody. Children bring this language with them when they read. Children are naturally drawn to the rhythm, rhyme and tempo of music Language naturally has rhythm and melody. Children bring this language with them when they read Using music to teach reading draws on the natural rhythm and rhyme of language

4. T HROUGH THE USE OF M USIC, MANY LITERACY CONCEPTS ARE TAUGHT  Sight vocabulary  Fluency  Comprehension  Phonics  Phonemic awareness  Sequence

5. R EADING WITH M USIC !!

6. T HE P OWER OF M USIC Using rhythm, chanting, and songs, students can increase their attention and interest while motivation them to learn -- Gardner Educators need to learn from multi- million dollar industry and use music to our advantage to help children to learn -- Davies Music gives a soul to the universe, Wings to the mind, Flight to the imagination… and Life to everything -- Plato

7. C ONCLUSION Literacy and music are essential methods of expression of emotions and ideas Music can be an effective tool for developing reading and writing skills Musical thinking skills can be gained through the higher order of thinking processes of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation