LANGUAGE: Language arts and music have one of the closest topic area relationships, and it is always beneficial to learn a new language through music because language and music share the elements of pitch, time, and timbre. Children's language processing abilities and vocabulary expansion, for example, improve as they become more familiar with these concepts through musical teaching.

MATHEMATICS: Musical patterns, rhythm, and tempo support mathematical concepts such as sequencing, simple counting, and patterns. Music creates an order that helps children learn the patterns important in early math such repetition and relationships.