The Benefits of Music Education For Children

Improves reading age & improves IQ & helps children do better at school

Develops concentration & self-discipline & relieves stress

Aids linguistic ability & improves verbal, spatial, perceptual and spatial skills

Increases activity in the parts of the brain responsible for temporal-spatial reasoning

Improves spatial reasoning skills that are essential for comprehension of scientific

and mathematical concepts

Improves short-term and long-term memory

Allows less academic students to feel a sense of achievement & increases a child’s self-confidence

Develops kinaesthetic abilities and fine motor co-ordination

Develops patience and perseverance & improves communication skills

Increases activity in the pre-frontal cortex of the brain

Helps children to recognize patterns and understand ratios and fractions

Can help some children become more receptive to learning and formal education

Provides a creative outlet for safe release of difficult emotions

Recent studies (1999) found higher SAT’s scores amongst children who had received some form of musical education

Health benefits of developing breath control  & working core muscles