TY - T1 - Music playschool enhances children’s linguistic skills SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/236432 T3 - A1 - Linnavalli, Tanja; Putkinen, Vesa; Lipsanen, Jari; Huotilainen, Minna; Tervaniemi, Mari A2 - PB - Y1 - 2018 LA - eng AB - Several studies have suggested that intensive musical training enhances children’s linguistic skills. Such training, however, is not available to all children. We studied in a community setting whether a low-cost, weekly music playschool provided to 5–6-year-old children in kindergartens could already affect their linguistic abilities. Children (N = 66) were tested four times over two school-years with Phoneme processing and Vocabulary subtests, along with tests for Perceptual reasoning skills a... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 516 Educational sciences; FOREIGN-LANGUAGE; COGNITIVE-ABILITIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS; PRESCHOOL-CHILDREN; INTELLIGENCE; SPEECH; LESSONS; INTERVENTION; ASSOCIATIONS; PERFORMANCE; 515 Psychology N1 - PP - ER -