Music can help to train and develop speech and language skills within young children. The overlapping of systems in the brain between language and music support the use of music to assist with impaired speech.
Children can learn to use a singing voice and a speaking voice; to combine whole body movement with sounds and rhymes; to play tuned and untuned percussion instruments; to make choices and connect with favourite songs using voice and visual cues. Music Therapy may also be used to strengthen and target oro-motor development. Children may find music a motivating stimuli to strengthen and develop awareness of the oromotor skills and to practice isolated sounds using rhythm and play. |
Visual resources are used to support the auditory stimuli. For example visual schedules using image and text can help understand the learning intention and structure of the session.
Music song books and adapted resources are used to develop understanding of the session and translate to functional literacy. Highly familiar song books can be used to develop skills of inhibition through creative problem solving. For example, The Wheels on the Bus can be changed to the The ...... on the Car goes........
Music song books and adapted resources are used to develop understanding of the session and translate to functional literacy. Highly familiar song books can be used to develop skills of inhibition through creative problem solving. For example, The Wheels on the Bus can be changed to the The ...... on the Car goes........
Visual schedules, choices and story song books are combined with music to encourage a rich learning environment.
Solving a creative problem, might need require the use of an adjective, or verb or noun. Pictures and sounds can be connected. Children can be highly engaged when creating. Of course all great work needs to be recorded and shared with family, so this can be a very stimulating time within a session.