Children are receptors of all the stimuli that pass around them, and they feel music in a very intense way. Even very young children start dancing if you put music on them. Let's see what are the benefits of studying music in children.
Music is art, it is creativity, it is corporal expression, it is joy, it is life, it is magic. Happy music gives you positive energy and sad music makes us melancholic. So much power has music in us. It influences our emotions, clings to our memories as if it were our soundtrack and helps us learn.
Thanks to its plasticity, children's brains can enhance the benefits of certain stimuli at a very early age. For the children is a fantastic tool in their development in all areas: cognitive, emotional, motor, affective and linguistic.
Benefits of studying music in children
Children have highly developed hearing, even from the fifth month of pregnancy they can hear from their mother's belly. If you see that your child has an innate ability with a certain instrument, you can ask him the option of studying music. Always from the child's choice and not from the obligation, or he will catch a mania. It is a great hobby from which they will take many advantages both in physical, intellectual and emotional abilities. Let's see what they are.
Improve memory
Music stimulates your intelligence and improves your memory. By having to memorize lyrics, songs and movements, your memory will increase noticeably. It is proven that children who study music improve their visual memory, muscle or gesture memory and auditory memory, which will also serve them as adults. Also better creativity.
Music as a method of expression
Besides the music helps to express feelings and facilitates communication with others. Music helps us free ourselves from stored emotions and allows us to express what we feel. Stimulates emotional intelligence in children, promoting inner reflection and self-control.
Free from stress
Music has the power to free us from worries. It relaxes us, clears our minds and we feel better. Thanks to it we generate endorphins, which is called the happiness hormone, and affects the areas of the brain involved in pleasure.
Coordination development
The practice of music increases the attention span, musical aptitude and motor coordination. To play an instrument we need to coordinate several parts of our body at the same time. It makes your brain wake up and your neurons go to work.
It also improves the rhythmic control of the body when dancing, which improves your coordination.
Improves concentration
The practice of a musical instrument provides a considerable increase in concentration, a skill that will improve the performance of your studies. It also improves reading speed, assimilation and understanding of the study.
Improve confidence
For children who are somewhat shy, music and practicing a musical instrument is a very useful tool. Thanks to music, you will feel better about yourself, you will be able to express yourself more easily, it will help you build your character, you will gain security and confidence and your ability to socialize will improve.
Many children have problems with self-esteem, especially as they approach adolescence, and spend time with other children as they learn to play music. gives them the opportunity to make friends and socialize in a peer-to-peer environment. It's a great way to beat shyness.
Sense of responsibility
If something is learned when playing an instrument it is constancy and responsibility. It is not easy to master any instrument, so many hours of practice are required. This provides them with a sense of consistency, self-improvement, learning, and responsibility. It teaches them not to give up and to strive to achieve their goals.
Why remember ... music is a language to communicate, learn, grow, dream and love.