Your brain on music

1. A Free, Fun, Fast Assessment Strategy Presented by: Susan Homan, Ph.D Professor Emeritus, USF College of Education Your brain on music Your brain 1

2. Melodic Learning Your Students Unstoppable “Through reading you can open the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. With both you are unstoppable.” ~ Grace Slick 2

3. Melodic Learning Update on Research: “Music, rhythm and the brain” • Utrecht University in the Netherlands - auditory imagery • Uppsala University, Sweden - music, emotions and learning • Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare - music for brain-surgery patients • Unpublished dissertation - drumming benefits ADD and ADHD student learning 3

4. Melodic Learning Revisiting the Definition of Melodic Learning: a multi-modal method of learning (both oral and aural) using the key elements of singing: pitch, rhythm & rhyme facilitate the capture, storage and retrieval of information LEARNING 4

5. Melodic Learning • Most Recent Research on: • The Bahamas • Hernando County, Florida 5

6. Melodic Learning Hernando County, Florida (F.A.I.R. testing improvement before/after TiR) 6

7. Melodic Learning The Bahamas 7

8. Melodic Learning • How Can You Get • Melodic Learning into Your Classroom? • 1. Singing improves reading skills • 2. Research supports music improving literacy 8

9. Melodic Learning • ELP cannot give Tune in to Reading away free, • but you may be able to qualify for a free trial • if you can get principal buy-in. 9

10. For more information contact: Melodic Learning Susan Homan, Ph.D. homan@usf.edu Ann Kay AnnCKay@comcast.net Electronic Learning Products, Inc. info@ELPcorp.com 10