For many years, we have believed that children should learn music ‘for music’s sake’, as an excellent accomplishment and part of a well rounded, balanced education. And so it is.
But these days children are expected to learn so much more and parents have to decide which subjects their child could drop. The answer is: not music! Research shows that playing music can make significant differences to children’s abilities related to learning, memory and social interactions. Learning music can make the difference for your child.
Any time is a good time, but the earlier the better. The important thing is to match your child’s musical experiences with their developmental stage and to establish playing music as an ongoing part of their life. Because children develop at different paces, a music teacher will be able to advise more specifically for your child, but this is a broad framework:
Children’s brains and motor skills have now usually developed sufficiently to begin to consider learning to play instruments such as the violin, keyboard or piano. The child’s ear is more fully developed, and they are learning to master language and abstract concepts.
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