Neuroscience tells us that much important learning happens between birth and the sixth birthday. Early learning is all experiential. It’s physical, aural, visual and tactile—quite the opposite of sitting still and being quiet. One wouldn’t teach a baby to crawl by holding him gently and carefully explaining how the body’s motor mechanisms work.
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Music Training Changes Brain Networks from Brain in the NewsBy Ben Mauk May 11, 2009
Music training in childhood improves related cognitive function, according to research that for the first time demonstrates brain plasticity as a result of music instruction.
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Moving and Shaking in the Classroom Studies Show Action-Based learning Helps Kids in School By ANN PLESHETTE MURPHY April 8, 2009
In the classroom, bouncing, fidgeting and movement generally have been discouraged, but now some educators are encouraging the restlessness in hopes it will help students learn.Action-based learning, which includes doing moderate exercises like running in place, helps students of all ages stay attentive and focused in class. It may even help improve learning.New research from the University of Illinois showed even a single 20-minute bout of moderate exercise stimulates the brain and improves cognitive function in elementary school kids.
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Learning and the Brain
"In modern society, more and more is asked of us,” says Klingberg. “Many people feel unable to cope. But we must distinguish between two things — on the one hand, what is demanded of our working memory and the amount of information it can handle; and on the other hand stress, which is often emotionally charged and may have to do with how we interpret the situation.” Studies, he says, have shown that working memory capacity can be boosted by as much as 15 percent through mental training. “We’ve found that this kind of training can change the brain, which is something we’ve never seen before,”
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