How singing encourages language development
Singing encourages self-expression. Singing encourages vocal imitation. Singing gives a child verbal confidence and develops an eagerness to communicate. Singing exercises the lips and tongue. Singing helps children to speak more clearly and with greater ease. Singing teaches grammar and vocabulary, as does the recitation of poetry. Singing teaches phrasing. Singing teaches storytelling (sequencing of events). Singing teaches patterning, rhythm and rhyme. Singing gives children tools of verbal communication. Singing...