Young children just love music and often it is through music that young children communicate for the first time, whether it be through gesture, smiling or action.But is there more to it than that?There is a growing amount of evidence to show that music enhances a childs ability to think, learn, reason and create and it is in the first five years of a child’s life that all of the formative brain development and connections are being formed. Music brain researcher, Dr Gordon Shaw describes music as “a window into higher brain Function”.Here are three compelling reasons why we should be sending our children to music lessons while they are young.Reason#1 - Music Makes Children SmarterNeurologiacal Research indicates that because music involves ratio’s, fractions, and thinking in space and in time that it provides learning not only for foundation musical learning,but also learning for foundation math learning being a pre requisite to learning both these subjects at higher levels.In a study carried out by Debby Mitchell at the University Of Central Florida it was found that young children with developed rhythm skills perform better academically in early school years.In a paper compiled at a Music Educators National Conference, 2001, […]

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