Re: [Mpls] RE: Mpls Digest, Vol 9, Issue 21

[WizardMarks]

WM: The reason kids are given music and art opportunities in schools 
ties directly with how the brain develops. Art develops hand/eye/mind 
connections. Music is important to mathematical brain development. It 
cannot be optional, no matter the circumstances of each particular child 
vis-a-vis the language school is taught in. It's probably more important 
to those for whom English is a second language.

Ray Marshall wrote:
But if the children were born in a foreign land, or if they have not
had the slightest amount of instruction from their parents, I strongly 
believe that they should not be taught subjects like music and art
until they have gained fluency in reading and writing.  Those are 
the keys to all instruction.

WizardMarks, Central
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