During the bath, before sleeping, while eating and even during pregnancy, mothers and fathers often sing to their sons and daughters in their first years of life.
What some may not know is that the positive impact of this custom (which is also an act of love) is so important that it even includes child development.
The benefits are multiple: "Exposing children to music allows them to develop basic skills such as attention, memory, concentration, waiting and taking turns," Carolina, a graduate in speech therapy,
told
Clarín
.
Marzialetti
.
"Children's songs are a vital tool to prepare the ear, the voice and the brain"
All these abilities, explained Marzialetti, are the foundation on which the general cognitive development of boys and girls is based, which also includes linguistic development: "Children's songs are a vital tool to prepare the ear, voice and brain of the boy or girl to learn the
mother tongue
”.
The influence of music can begin even during pregnancy: the speech pathologist assured that "from the sixth month of pregnancy the baby's ear is developed to be able to perceive auditory stimuli, being the mother's voice the most important, since this favors the neural and emotional development.
Marzialetti: “Children's songs are a vital tool to prepare the child's ear, voice and brain to learn the mother tongue.
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Recommendations when singing
Regarding the repertoire, the specialist emphasized that, beyond the content or characteristics of each song, the essential thing is to connect with childhood.
The most important thing, she stressed, is "
to vary the intonation, stress, melody, pauses and rhythm of the songs
we use, since in this way we contribute to the development of suprasegmental aspects of speech."
On the other hand, and although it is not essential or mandatory, if images, allusive toys or movements are added to the chosen theme, for example, we would favor the development of other skills such as those associated with the motor area, explained Marzialetti (on Instagram, @ phone.online).
“Since the sixth month of pregnancy, the baby's ear is developed to be able to perceive auditory stimuli, explained Marzialetti.
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An essential aspect has to do with the effects of music depending on where that song comes from.
The big difference occurs as a consequence of
the emotion and the bond
.
“A song that mom or dad sings to us at night does not generate the same emotional and affective impact as that same song perceived by an electronic device,” said the expert.
In this sense, he stressed that it is not necessary to be a talented artist or have the best electronic accessories, since "childhood does not need the perfection of technology but the connection with its primary caregivers."
Music as an ally of education, art and health
Magdalena Fleitas
is
a music therapist, artist, writer and founder of the Risas de la Tierra art school.
She has composed more than 200 songs and has published more than seven albums.
Magdalena Fleitas: "Music is one more form of human expression and communication, like spoken language."
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In
Una escuela en ronda
(Siglo Veintiuno Editores) Fleitas explained that “the act of putting music to music allows us to recognize our own voice and resonate with the collective voice through the joy of meeting, openness to listening, awakening the senses and opening ourselves , as resonant beings that we are, to a receptive vigilance”.
"As part of that collective voice -added the referent- we connect with the sound of our tribe, our school, our home, the sources we come from, our own culture."
"Music is a wonderful and necessary pedagogical path that integrates the worlds of education, art and health," said Fleitas. Photo illustration Shutterstock.
According to Fleitas, “
music is one more form of human expression and communication, like spoken language
”.
“If we understand music as a language that builds bridges, brings us closer, helps us communicate and feel better, we will be able to recognize that it is a wonderful and necessary pedagogical path that integrates the worlds of education, art and health”, he highlighted.
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