Patterns are the keys to learning.
Schools Parents Home School Supervisors Professors Workshops Press Releases Acrobat Reader is needed for viewing and printing files. Language development, and even brain development, is largely based on the ability to recognize similarities and differences in visual perceptions. Reading is the ability of the brain to make associations with the visual field. With music notes being limited to far fewer symbols than English or other written languages, pattern recognition is easier to grasp and build from as a foundation. As the brain becomes stronger at musical pattern recognition, visual and auditory, the ability to recognize patterns in other languages improves as well.