Benefits of Music

 Kids Music Day - Benefits of Music


We all love music and we all enjoy listening to it but do you actually know the positive benefits that it has on you…


Music is EVERYWHERE!!! It’s in our theatres, our television, movies, worship, holidays, celebrations and military ceremonies. It can also become a natural part of the home as well (see previous post - Music in the Home). 


A child hears music from their baby days when mothers and fathers would use music (in particular lullabies) to calm and soothe the child, to express love and joy and to engage and interact. But most parents don’t actually know that these natural instincts can help impact child development, improve social skills and even more benefits.


Music and the Brain:


  • Music can accelerate brain development (in particular with language and reading skills)

  • Learning to play an instrument can improve mathematical learning and even increase SAT scores

  • Music impacts intellectual, social-emotional, moor, language and overall literacy

  • It helps to connect the body and the mind in order to work together


Exposing children to music during these early years of their lives helps them to learn different sounds and the meaning of words. Dancing to different pieces of music allows them to practice self expression and it can also help strengthen memory skills.


Ignoring the developmental benefits, music at its simplest brings us joy. It can help us to experience a range of emotions, not just joy, and it's the easiest way to express oneselves. 


Additional benefits of music include:

  • Teaches them to focus and relieves stress - music demands total attention therefore it is a great stress-relieving tool that can calm the mind and enhance concentration

  • Helps to understand maths - learning rhythms in music can help children to learn ratios, fractions and proportions. Make maths fun and learn it in an artistic way

  • Form of self-expression - music helps children to  manage their feelings better by expressing them through language

  • Improved social skills - music is often played in a group and therefore team work skills are improved. Working towards a single goal with a group of people also enhances social skills

  • Improved self confidence - improving abilities in an instrument and achieving goals can make children feel very satisfied which in turn improves their self esteem

These are only some of the benefits with the simplest explanation. There's so many more examples and so many more complex ideas that demonstrate Music's importance to a child. Take time next time you have a few free minutes to research some benefits and then you'll see just how significant it is for Music to remain in schools and for the children to be taught or even experience music from a young age!

I covered the benefits of music in my EPQ which has a separate post titled "Music and EPQ". I encourage you all to take a look at this whenever you can and either read the dissertation or even just watch the powerpoint video which summarises it all for you. Encouraging music and promoting the importance of music in society is a task that urgently needs doing before its too late!!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Music in the Home

Image
  Kids Music Day - In the Home At the end of this week, people will be celebrating Kids Music Day on October 2nd. In recognition of this, I have made 5 posts which I will upload each day this week in order to encourage and advertise music with children. Kids Music Day is all about encouraging and celebrating the use of music with children. Each year, music is being less valued in schools and taught to less students each year. In fact, 60% said the Ebacc introduction directly affected music provision in their school and recent findings from the Education Policy Institute showed that arts entries at GCSE were declining. Enough of the statistics and facts because I’m not here to bore you. Instead, in this article I aim to show to you some of the ways that you can bring music into your home. The first step of encouraging music with children in schools is getting children interested into music in the first place!!!! So what can you do to bring music to home (this could be handy if we en...
Read more

Mongolian Music

Image
  Music Around the World - Mongolia Key Facts about Mongolia: Located in Central Asia National Capital is Ulaanbaatar The country is landlocked between Russia and China It has long cold winters and short summers Country is known for their immense herds of grazing livestock Total population is fewer than three million Music in Mongolia: Music plays a huge role in the Mongolian culture. It is rich with varieties related to the country’s various ethnicities . Key factors in Mongolian music are the long songs, morin khuur and overtone singing. Western Classical music and Ballet prospered during the MPR (Mongolian People’s Republic). Western pop, rock genres and the mass songs are favoured amongst modern music in Mongolia. Instruments:  Morin Khuur (Horse-head Fiddle) → A distinct Mongolian instrument seen as a symbol of the country. It has two strings and has a traditional carving of a horse on the upper egg of the pegbox   Shants → A three stringed, long-necked, strummed lut...
Read more

Kids Music Day

Image
Kids Music Day! More and More each day, music is becoming less valued in people’s lives and in particular in school. Government and teachers prioritise lessons such as Maths and English which don’t get me wrong are 100% necessary and compulsory in schools. But this priority comes at a price!!! As a result, teaching music is dramatically decreasing in schools. This led to Vincent James and Joann Pierdomenico founded the ‘Keep Music Alive’ campaign to help provide children with the opportunity of learning music.  KIDS MUSIC DAY is celebrated in October to promote the use of music with children and promoting the importance of teaching Music in school. This year it is being celebrated on October 2nd and I aim to help promote Kids Music Day through this blog and other means. This is my first post regarding Kids Music Day to provide people with awareness before the week and then I aim to publish something different each day on the week leading up to Kids Music Day to highlight the import...
Read more