/ the ater , ▁music , ▁visual ▁arts , ▁story t elling , ▁pu ppet ry , ▁and / or ▁cre ative ▁writing ) ▁and ▁one ▁or ▁more ▁other ▁curr icular ▁areas ▁( s cience , ▁social ▁studies , ▁English ▁language ▁arts , ▁mathematics , ▁and ▁others ) ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁teach ▁and ▁assess ▁object ives ▁in ▁both ▁the ▁art ▁form ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁subject ▁area . ▁This ▁allows ▁a ▁simultane ous ▁focus ▁on ▁creating , ▁performing , ▁and / or ▁respond ing ▁to ▁the ▁arts ▁while ▁still ▁address ing ▁content ▁in ▁other ▁subject ▁areas . ▁ ▁The ▁European ▁Union ▁L if el ong ▁Learning ▁Program me ▁ 2 0 0 7 – 2 0 1 3 ▁has ▁fund ed ▁three ▁projects ▁that ▁use ▁music ▁to ▁support ▁language ▁learning . ▁L ull ab ies ▁of ▁Europe ▁( for ▁pre - school ▁and ▁early ▁learn ers ), ▁Fol k DC ▁( for ▁primary ), ▁and ▁the ▁recent ▁Pop u LL ar ▁( for ▁secondary ). ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁AR T in ED ▁project ▁is ▁also ▁using ▁music ▁for ▁all ▁subject ▁areas . ▁ ▁Sign ific ance ▁ ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁research ers ▁and ▁music ▁education ▁advoc ates ▁have ▁argued ▁that ▁studying ▁music ▁enh ances ▁academic ▁achiev ement , ▁such ▁as ▁William ▁Ear hart , ▁former ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Music ▁Edu c ators ▁National ▁Conference , ▁who ▁claimed ▁that ▁" Music ▁enh ances ▁knowledge ▁in ▁the ▁areas ▁of ▁mathematics , ▁science , ▁ge ography , ▁history , ▁foreign ▁language , ▁physical ▁education , ▁and