subject: Music and Learning - A Great Combination [print this page] It always bothers the parents what will make their kids smarter? And it has been proved through scientific research that those children who are exposed to music at a very early stage of their lives are indeed smarter. Scientific researches have also shown fascinating effects of music education on the brain development of the children. Any sort of music education, be it with musical toys, or with dance lessons or learning rhymes through music- all play an important role in the emotional and educational development of a child.
When a child starts learning a musical instrument or some form of music and dance then the child experiences an integration of both body and mind. This unique integration also helps the child to perform well in academics- in subjects such as reading, writing and mathematics. It is also seen that if your child is exposed to music lessons for a particular period of time it improves his or her spatial temporal reasoning. This is a process that is necessary for sharpening the understanding of mathematics.
Thus it is absolutely necessary for you, parents, to encourage your children go through a period of learning music. Also you must encourage your kids to listen to music and for this you also start listening to various kinds of music so that your child develops a taste for music. But be careful to make it in a variety of ways so that your child does not get bored.
Learning music from an early age also helps in developing the thinking patterns in children. It is seen that children who are exposed to music can express themselves creatively in a better way. This is possible because there is music for every mood and through music education children know which music to choose to express his or her mood.
Thus music education is equally important in the life of a child like basic education. It should not be underestimated.
