Singing, movement, listening, playing instruments… we have it all in Musikgarten. And before you know it they’re reading and writing music at 4-yrs-old! Oh, yeah. That’s the program you want you children in!

Teachers of early childhood music education have always understood the benefits that piano lessons provide to healthy child development. And through years of structured research and publication, scientists have shown substantial evidence that music education and piano lessons enhance spatial reasoning, executive function, IQ, and language skills in children.

Just as language begins in children with aural preparation, music also starts as an aural reality for the child. Only after this reality exists is the child able to then read and write language, or understand the written form of music in notation. Just as words are the building blocks of language, tonal and rhythm patterns comprise the vocabulary of musical language.

A couple of weeks ago, I shared with you how early childhood music can help prepare a child for later musical training in piano. This week I would like to share how the listening and movement activities of childhood Music Ed can help in more than just the area of music…..

Music education for children is incredibly valuable and has a profound impact on their development. Here are some key reasons why music education is essential.