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Learning disabilities vary from mild forms such as attention deficit disorder to more severe disabilities like autism and mental retardation. Incorporating art into the curriculum of students with learning disabilities can be a useful tool. Students with disabilities are not students who are incapable of learning but instead are students who may need material presented to them using alternative methods. Methods that incorporate art can be very successful for these children.Many students with disabilities are separated from regular students for either part of all of the school day. These students spend a great deal of time focusing on remedial skills and learning new skills to help them catch up with the rest of the class. For students with learning disabilities the knowledge that they are not able to function at the same level as other students can be very discouraging. Introducing these students to art classes can offer them the opportunity to do something creative where success is not measured by the same standards as in regular academics. The feeling of succeeding at something can provide these students with self-worth and confidence that can carry over into other areas of study. Allowing children to be involved with art related activities also encourages creativity, problem solving skills, motor skills and other skills that are useful in all areas of academics like math, science and language.Art lessons can be combined with traditional lessons and used as a teaching tool for these students. Children that have difficulty with verbal expression will often have more success by expressing themselves through art. Practicing expression through art may translate to better overall communication skills. Teaching math and science lessons that are hands on art based lessons also tend to hold a student's interest more than traditional lecture lessons. Sometimes just holding a student's attention is half the battle especially for students with attention deficit disorder.

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Is Music Education for Children Hard

The benefits of music education for children are enormous and many

parents are aware of this fact. And yet, statistics reveal that only 6

percent of all children really take up an instrument to play. Why is it

so? Why don't parents want their kids to develop this wonderful art?The

answer is obvious - many parents seem to think that music education for

children is too complex and difficult. Maybe, these parents are totally

unaware of how musical notations are taught. Or secondly, it could be

that during their own childhood they had bad experiences in music

education. Perhaps they were forced by their parents to practice for

hours upon hours against their will.Actually, there can be various

reasons why parents are unwilling to provide music education for

children. The number one reason is that they fear that their investment

will go to waste, as they have heard that many students drop out after

just one-and-half to two years of education. It's true that as soon as

the training gets a bit tougher, many students quit because of laziness

in coping up.But let me assure you that the complexity of the syllabus is

not the real culprit here. There are several reasons why kids find it

hard to cope up. A major one is - wrong choice of instrument. I've often

seen that parents decide which instrument their child should play.A long-

time friend of mine once said to me that she was always interested in

learning the piano, but her parents insisted on a violin for her. The

poor girl developed severe pain in her hands because she had to carry the

heavy instrument not only during lessons and home practice, but also to

and from school.When I asked her whether she could remember the reason

why her parents preferred violin over piano, she answered, "Of course! It

was the cost factor. The price of the piano was $250 and tuition fee for

piano lessons was $22.5 per month. The price of the violin was just $20

and the tuition fee was just $7.5 per month."This case happened more than

forty years ago, but it is still very much relevant today. The cost

factor drives parents to make their own choices of instrument instead of

heeding to their child's desire.Right from the start of music education

for children, the parents should pay close attention. They must know what

to expect from the music school for their child. Most importantly, they

should understand the criteria on which to select the teacher.

Recommendations from friends and relatives may seem convenient, but they

don't always work.If the teacher complains that your kid is getting lazy,

understand that you didn't select the right teacher. Kids can never

become lazy and bored with music lessons if they get constant inspiration

from teachers and parents. No inspiration means - no interest. And no

interest means - the end of studies.