Academic Skills Integrated into Music Curriculum
Music can be used to facilitate and enhance learning in every academic area. Research indicates that as students develop music skills, they also develop other academic skills. Students who participate regularly in the arts have increased scores on standardized tests as well as increased higher order thinking skills. Music can be used across the curriculum in the following ways.
Music is a Core Subject
According to NCLB, music is a core
academic subject.
No Child Left Behind Act of 2002, Title IX, Part A, Sec. 9101 (11)
Music & Math
Studies prove that children who study music at least an hour a week perform
better at math.
http://www.menc.org/publication/articles/academic/pawtuck.htm
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| Reading | Language | Math | Science | Social Studies |
| Use music to tell a story. Turn a book or story
into an opera or musical. Some music is written to tell a
story. One example of this is "Peter and the Wolf."
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Music enhances the understanding of rhyming words, phonics, and vocabulary. Reading of musical symbols has been linked to an understanding of language symbols, such as letters and punctuation markings. | Division of beat, meter, measures, and note value all
enhance math skills such as division, fractions, and addition.
Analysis of music enhances problem solving skills.
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Tone color and sound production enhance science skills
such as vibration, sound waves, and basic physiology.
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Multicultural music enhances our understanding of other cultures and people groups. Folk music, popular music, and classical music can all relate to history. "The history of a people is found in its songs." |