It allows the listener to acquire and transfer information kinesthetically and concretely. It also provides valuable opportunities to synthesize and combine learning in other subject areas and disciplines. The evidence is clear that we can achieve more success in learning through the strategic use of music. Music forms a natural bridge to literacy. It is a medium which children are built to enjoy.
Music is more than songs.
It is both tonal and rhythmic. Music is creating it, listening to it, trying to memorize it, using it with skits and illustrations. Using music in Christian education doesn't mean 45 minutes of singing. It can mean mixing in music with other learning activities. It can be discussion about song lyrics from the radio.