Sing today, read forever!
CHILDREN
Need help! 1/3 of 4th and 8th graders
cannot read at a basic level.
PARENTS
Can prepare their children’s brains for reading.
TEACHERS
Can accelerate brain development that leads to proficient reading.
It’s all about the brain!
Brain research has revealed that sound processing and sound retention is the KEY to language and literacy, Many studies have found that singing and practicing basic music skills accelerate its development.
Graphic from the Auditory Neuroscience Lab at Northwestern University. See their amazing Brainvolts website!
Singing and music skills correlate with reading
Keeping a steady beat, clapping the rhythm of the words of a song, matching pitches, singing in tune
Every child can learn to keep the beat!
Young children can learn to sing in tune.
The Rock ‘n’ Read Project offers:
1. MUSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENT (free)
2. STRATEGIES (free)
Fun strategies based on neuroscientific research that are effective and efficient, and we have evidence that they work to prepare young children’s brains to be ready to read.
3. A SONG A DAY: Brain Prep for Pre-Readers
50 short, daily lessons for PreK & K that rapidly develop music skills—available in early 2025 from publisher Ventris Learning
4. WORKSHOPS