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In the News - Better Minds Through Music
Partnered with the M.I.N.D. Math Computer Lab, our state of the art music classroom holds twenty-five electronic keyboards that each class uses at set times during the week. Each class comes twice a week for thirty minutes and is taught to play the piano not by ear, but by learning to read music as a mathematical chart (Trion Charts for K-1; Small Grand-Staff for 2-3, and Full Grand-Staff for 4-5) that gives both spatial and temporal training. Music is not just something that is printed, but it happens through time, while each measure presents a math problem because there are only so many beats in a measure and students have to determine what the missing value is to complete a measure. Through games and fun songs, the K-5 students learn to enjoy music as they unknowingly open their neural development to create better students. For more detailed information, please visit http://www.mindinst.org, or e-mail the music teacher, Miss Amanda Strader astrader@cvcs.org for assistance.
Capistrano Valley Christian Schools offers a unique opportunity for elementary students to significantly increase their achievement in mathematics. Using the revolutionary Math + Music Program, students' math scores are dramatically increasing. Based on more than 30 years of brain and learning research,
ST Math+Music uses non-language based computer math
games with a boost from music training to teach K-5 students
problem solving skills–and dramatically increase their
math scores on standardized tests.
ST Math+Music
develops students’ innate ability to visualize and manipulate
images –and problems –in space and time. This Spatial
Temporal Reasoning ability is used in the unique ST Math
software to teach all grade-aligned state math standards from
grades K – 5. Because ST Math+Music is non-language based,
it is immediately helpful to English Language Learners.
Test drive the MIND Institute’s visual math software. Demo
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