According to the book, "Music And The Brain: How Music
Changes The Brain" by C.D.Shelton, music is the best way to
develop the brain. The younger you start, the "stronger the
connections between motor regions (the part that helps you carry out
movements)". "Practicing
an instrument before age seven likely boosts the normal maturation of
connections between motor and sensory regions of the brain, creating a
framework upon which ongoing training can subsequently build." The
results show that "musicians who started early showed enhanced white
matter in the corpus collosum, or nerve fibers that connects the left
and right motor regions of the brain." And further, "anatomical brain
enhancement happens early on in life." I also found it
interesting that "early musical training enlarged that region of the
right brain that corresponds in location to the left brain region for
letters and words". Even in babies, "music stimulates growth of the
brain that can result in better motor skills, advanced auditory and
language skills and a smarter adult. If a child continues to hear music
after birth, it can increase their capacity and interest in abstract
things. If they learn more about music, particularly if they learn to
play an instrument, they are likely to do well in academic studies
(math). This is because they will have learned to count beats and
measures and many of those involve fractions. There is enough evidence
to prove that the impact of a musical background is significant."
Children also have higher IQs and SAT scored, tend not to drop out,
better people skills, problem solving, and it teaches them to pay
attention to details.
Here is the payoff, "a child does not have to become proficient at an
instrument to benefit from learning it. The educational process can
help the youngster become more skilled at other learned skills, such as
writing, painting, computer programming, anything that involves
mathematics or lots of details. The things children become acquainted
with in their early years will make them productive adults in the
future."
Kindermusik has been learning from the research for 35 years. The program is designed to maximize everything being learned from research, and then they do testing to make sure it helps. Kindermusik educators help caregivers to know what to expect and how to help their child maximize his potential while having fun! Kindermusik also includes a bundle of digital at home materials to give the caregiver every opportunity to help their child grow at home. Music should be a part of every day!
