Learning about Rhythm

Rhythm plays such an important part of a child's early learning experiences. From the National Institute of Health: "Rhythm helps organize events into predictable and coherent patterns. In music, rhythm is the primary element that creates the perception of time. In speech, rhythm helps us select and extrapolate phonemes, syllables, words, and phrases from an ongoing speech stream. Having good rhythmic skills, therefore, appears to be essential not only for music or dance but also for language and communication skills."