The Benefits of Music for Children

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In addition to being entertaining and amusing, music can make a difference in the training, education and development of a child’s skills. Contact with music or a musical instrument from an early age favors the development of their motor system and brain activity, while fostering their creativity and imagination. Several studies have even shown that music at school improves the learning of various subjects such as language, reading, languages ​​or mathematics and that, in addition, boys and girls who learn to play a musical instrument can increase their IQ.

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What are the benefits of music for boys and girls? Exposure to musical instruments, song, and/or dance:

• Improves memory, attention and concentration. Children with consistent musical training tend to memorize more easily.

• Stimulates their intelligence and improves ability to solve mathematical problems and complex reasoning. Early exposure to music promotes neural activity and activates the parts of the brain related to reading and math.

• Music provides a means of expression for any feeling or emotion. Through a musical instrument, a song or a dance, energy and feelings can be channeled.

• Introduces the sounds and meanings of words. Music strengthens learning and contributes to improving their language, and favors their auditory discrimination. In addition, repeating songs incorporates new vocabulary and rhythm helps them repeat complex phrases. A fun, dynamic and spontaneous learning.

• Improves social development given the opportunity to interact with others. Playing, dancing or singing in a group can help a child with shyness, and favors their interaction with other children and adults.

• Stimulates children's creativity. Music develops children's creativity and imagination by stimulating the right brain which also enhances the ability to perform other artistic activities.

• Invites movement and improves physical condition. Music invites dance and movement, improving physical performance and favoring balance and musical development. This enhances the rhythmic control of the body and improves their coordination and spatial sense.

• Improves health and calms pain.

Listening to music of any kind strengthens the immune system, as it stimulates the production of antibodies. In addition, recent studies show that it calms pain, relieves stress, fear, sadness, and boosts self-esteem. Music helps to coordinate breathing and relax the pulse, thus getting little ones to relax and learn to control their emotions. In addition, by listening to happy songs, children improve their mood and feel happier. Furthermore, being able to play a melody or dance a choreography makes them feel confident.

Supporting your child's interest in music is one of the best things you can do for your child's development.