The first thing s that we learn in early childhood are rhymes. Why? I never questioned. But looking back today, I find that music is a language that a child understands more than anything else in that stage. During my time, T.V was not that pervasive but in present situation I have seen my nephew, glued to the T.V whenever there is a song playing. What compels a 1 year old kid to pay so much of attention.
I think music is a language. We feel it more than we can speak about it. Traditional education has always taken help of music to overcome hurdles. Even the Math Tables that I memorized had a particular tune to it.
I can’t say I know a lot about music but this is what I have discovered for myself; set a tune to something and it is easy to repeat it, humm it. In this act of ours, we are putting a structure to the system that allows for easy repetition. Repetition or practice as we know is the crux of moving short term memory to long term memory. Am I seeing a bridge somewhere?
