The
research about music and children’s development is truly
stunning. More and more, the eyes of the research community turn
to music as a vehicle to deliver a learning experience to
children.
The
bottom line: early, positive, and age-appropriate experiences
with music—such as piano lessons—can have a
remarkable and research-proven impact on your child’s:
language and literacy skills (vocabulary,
comprehension, listening, expression)
Piano
Lessons Macon Ga. North Macon Piano Studio offers private
piano lessons
to children and adults in the Macon,Ga area with award-winning
music teacher, Charlotte Bearden. Piano lessons not only give students a life-long
skill that will enrich their lives, but have been proven to enhance
students’ academic performances in school. Piano lessons help children
with their fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination and general dexterity.
This transfers to better handwriting skills.
Researchers at the University of
California at Irvine are at the forefront of some of the latest research on
the merits of piano lessons for children. Their study, which took place over
two years, found that 3-and 4-year-olds, who were given weekly piano lessons
for a year, had improved their puzzle-solving skills by 34 percent over groups
who were given singing lessons, computer lessons, or no specific instruction
at all.
Think you’re too old to
take piano lessons? Think again!! The importance of learning to
play the piano has been documented to promote physical
rehabilitation in people of all ages, but can especially help older adults
stay mentally active and protect against certain illnesses, such as
Alzheimer’s disease.
"Music is not just notes. It's
patterns of notes and relationships between notes that you see as you
play," says UCI neurologist Gordon Shaw. "And like in a chess game,
you have to be able to see quite a bit ahead to play."
The theory is that exposure to
music rewires neural circuits. Researchers in Germany, for example, have
concluded that as a child grows, the brain develops parts of the sensory
cortex dedicated to physical skills, like riding a bicycle or playing a
musical instrument. These connections last a lifetime and are directly related
to other skills we learn.
