I just read this great article about music and how it affects the brain development of children. It targeted children from 4-6 (that made me smile since it's the recommended age for LPM 1st yr students!), and had some great findings that support music education for small children! I loved this part:
"That the children studying music for a year improved in musical listening skills more than children not studying music is perhaps not very surprising. On the other hand, it is very interesting that the children taking music lessons improved more over the year on general memory skills that are correlated with non-musical abilities such as literacy, verbal memory, visiospatial processing, mathematics and IQ than did the children not taking lessons. The finding of very rapid maturation of the N250m component to violin sounds in children taking music lessons fits with their large improvement on the memory test. It suggests that musical training is having an effect on how the brain gets wired for general cognitive functioning related to memory and attention
Happy Reading!
First Evidence That Musical Training Affects Brain Development In Young Children
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Ms. Alicia has been teaching Let’s Play Music for the past three years. She has always loved music, and has been involved with it in one way or another most of her life. After years as a piano student, she went on to get a degree in piano performance from BYU-Hawaii. She has also been a member of several choirs, directed a few choirs, and taught private piano lessons for several years before discovering Let’s Play Music. As a piano teacher she often wished for students with a greater musical foundation. Let's Play Music has brought that wish into reality as her students leave the program with sound musical knowledge and skills that enable them to excel in their musical experiences.
When she isn’t busy teaching music to her amazingly smart students, she can be found loving on her own five kids and handsome husband. When she finds a free moment, she can be found eating something sweet, organizing a drawer or closet, exercising, or watching a movie.