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LITERACY
Things have moved on since we were at school - or have they just come full
circle? After Letterland and Jolly Phonics, Janet and John are back in fashion!
See our article on helping children to read
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NUMERACY
 This jolly chap is from the latest numeracy initiave,
Maths Year 2000. He
has his own website with lots of useful information, puzzles, lesson plans,
links, and the wonderful Numberland where you can learn lots of things about
every number. You can also check on any special events taking place locally
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SCIENCE
We've had the literacy hour, we've had the numeracy lesson and now -
science takes centre-stage.
The Mozart
Effect
pdf format
(right click to save and read off-line)
Does Mozart help children learn? Report on experiments from the Royal Society
of Medecine Journal is out this month.
Read the Royal Society's
press release
which gives a potted version of the research.
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For real audio of :
Mozart's Sonata K448
(Disc 1 No 9)
the artist, Yanni
See how it helps epilepsy sufferers
Background to the research:
Music -
Intelligence - Neural - Development
The MI is a science research institute with the primary goal of understanding
the neural machinery of higher brain function in order to advance education and
medicine.
BabyMozart video
15 Mozart selections, most of which are under two minutes, including the
all-important K448. Clearly created for the youngest of children, as the
age-range recommendation of 1 to 36 months indicates.A flow of images of toys
and kinetics fascinate small children - and even make them laugh. Read the
reviews for the experiences of other parents.
See also our section on keeping
little ones amused and Fun Sites for more
music-related matters, including downloadable sheet music.
And if you want to introduce more classical music, then this article from
Dadmag will be of
interest.
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It's not out yet, but I can't
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