ABSTRACT

The aims of present study were 1) to design and apply a musicing program based on temporal and spatial components of music for young children and 2) to examine the musicing as lived experience may affect children’s information processing function and spatial ability. The participants recruited for this study were 66 six year-old typically developing children from a middle class residential region of Seoul. The major findings were as follows: First, the children who participated in the musicing program showed a significant improvement in information processing function, especially simultaneous processing. Second, the children who participated in the musicing program showed a significant improvement in spatial ability, expecially spatial-temporal reasoning. Findings of this study suggest that musicing as lived experience can be a significantly effective medium for young children’s information processing function and spatial ability. In addition, this study reveals the non-musical effects of the musicing program, which utilizes multisensory characteristics of music. The musicing program contributes as an educational intervention for young children.

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