Why Music and Movement are Vital for Children:
为什么音乐和动作对儿童至关重要
Peanut butter and jelly, socks and shoes, bats and balls, hide and seek, music and children — are all elements of childhood. Children are naturally interested in music, and music is naturally good for children. Why is music so attractive to children and why is music so well suited to children?
花生酱和果冻，袜子和鞋子，球类游戏、捉迷藏，以及音乐和小伙伴-这些几乎是同年的 全部元素。儿童天生都是喜爱音乐的，而且音乐对儿童益处多多。为什么音乐对儿童如 此有吸引力，并且为何音乐如此适合儿童发育呢？
Music is a language, and children are oriented toward learning language.
音乐是一种语言，儿童本能的就会学习语言。
Music evokes movement, and children delight in and require movement for their development and growth.
音乐会引发自然的律动，儿童喜欢律动以促使他们的发育和成长。
Music engages the brain while stimulating neural pathways associated with such higher forms of intelligence as abstract thinking, empathy, and mathematics.
音乐可以促进大脑发育，尤其是与多元神经智能相关的，例如抽象思维，情感以及数 学方面的神经通路 的建立。
Music's melodic and rhythmic patterns provide exercise for the brain and help develop memory. Who among us learned the ABC's without the ABC song?
音乐中固定的旋律型和节奏型可以帮助发展记忆能力。想一想我们当中是不是大部分 人在学英文字母的 时候都唱过字母歌？
Music is an aural art and young children are aural learners. Since ears are fully mature before birth, infants begin learning from the sounds oftheir environment before birth.
音乐是听觉的艺术，儿童也是听觉学习者。因为儿童在出生之前听觉系统已经发育成 熟了。婴儿在出生 之前已经可以通过声音感知周围的环境了。
Music is perfectly designed for training children's listening skills. Good listening skills and school achievement go hand in hand.
音乐可以很好的帮助儿童提高聆听技能。好的聆听技能往往和好成绩齐头并进。
Developmentally appropriate music activities involve the whole child-the child's desire for language, the body's urge to move, the brain's attention to patterns, the ear's lead in initiating communication, the voice's response to sounds, as well as the eye-hand coordination associated with playing musical instruments.
适当合理的音乐活动一定是基于儿童本能的学习意愿的，例如对语言学习的渴望，听 到音乐后身体的自然律动反应，专注于固定的段落、型（大脑本能倾向于有模式的事 物），听觉在沟通中的主导作用，发声及对声响的回应，这些统统跟演奏乐器相关 的手眼协调能力一样。
Music is a creative experience which involves expression of feelings. Children often do not have the words to express themselves and need positive ways to release their emotions.
音乐是一种可以抒发感情的表达方式。儿童往往不具备语言能力表达自己的想法，所 以更需要通过一种积极的方式去释放情绪和情感。
Music transmits culture and is an avenue by which beloved songs, rhymes, and dances can be passed down from one generation to another.
音乐也是文化的传承。人们可以把他们热爱的歌曲、歌谣和舞蹈世代相传。
Music is a social activity which involves family and community participation. Children love to sing and dance at home and school.
音乐是很好的社交活动，它可以使家人和族群很快和谐的融为一体。儿童也非常喜欢 在家中和在学校通 过歌唱舞蹈的方式与人互动。