Some people believe that teaching music in schools is a vital part of growing up and the human experience, whilst others believe that teaching music in schools is a waste of time and resources. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Music

is often seen as an essential part of early learning for kids. Some believe that it has an important role to play in well rounded

development

of children. Others,

however

, are of the

opinion

that it is wasting time and money. In my

opinion

Music

plays an important role in early childhood

development

. I shall be discussing both the viewpoints in

this

essay and shall be

providing

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provided

reasons

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the reasons

for my

opinion

. Those who advocate for

music

being taught at schools, are of

this

opinion

because, they believe that

music

enhances learning and

development

of a child especially in the early learning stages. One particularly good example of

this

are

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is

the

montisessary

Italian educator who developed a method of teaching mentally handicapped children and advocated a child-centered approach (1870-1952)

Montessori

schools, wherein they often use

music

to teach children about Alphabets, numbers and colours. Another,

important factor

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the important factor

is that

music

provides children a platform to express themselves, which is essential in the

developmental

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development

stages. As

music

aids speech

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aids, speech

development

of the child. Some others believe that schools should focus only on subjects like Maths, science and language. They believe that schooling should be about cultivating minds to be more academic focus rather than focusing on extra

cirricular

of or relating to an academic course of study

curricular

activities. Subjects like Maths, science and geography all provide essential learning for

students which

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students, which

will help them to choose a career in the future. One good example of

this

is that schools are ranked in Australia on the basis of how well the students do in Maths, spelling and grammar. In conclusion, In my

opinion

music

plays an important role in the

development

years and

therefore

should definitely be a part of the school

cirriculum

an integrated course of academic studies

curriculum

curricula

.

However

, there should be a fine balance and schools should not

loose

fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

lose

academic focus on subjects like Maths and science either. Both should go hand in hand in creating a

condusive

tending to bring about; being partly responsible for

conducive

learning environment for students.