If the thought of your children’s development is music to your ears, you may want to share the joy of music with your kids–and it seems the sooner you do it, the better.Music is powerful and persuasive. It touches one’s emotion, motivation, creativity, and relaxation. It has a soothing effect that can calm our mental nerves. It inspires you to do something new and productive. It gives you ideas. It lulls you to sleep. The list is definitely endless.
In every stage of life, there will always be music. It is perpetual.
Music is many things. It makes us happy, annoyed, melancholic, afraid and mad. Music is also for everyone. It invades almost anything and everything. Different milieus have their own music to recollect. Various races and continents also enjoy distinctive music. Young and old alike take pleasure in it. In fact, there are unique types of music that cater to a specific group of individuals. Rock and metal music cater to hyperactive music enthusiasts. Love, acoustic and pop songs blend well with lovers and emotional persons. For kids, there is children’s music.
Children’s music can give kids a magical experience. They can role play with it. For a moment, they can be a pretty princess with a castle or a dashing knight in shining armor. They can simultaneously play musical instruments. They can dance and sing.
Exposure to music during the early years of childhood enhances the learning process by promoting language development, creativity, coordination, and social interaction, according to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The group says vocal and speech development can improve through singing; listening and concentration can improve with aural training, and the values of cooperation are reinforced by the sharing of instruments and encouragement of other students. Childhood music development is a natural process, just like language development.
The relationship between children’s music and movement cannot be overemphasized. The rhythm of music creates the ideal stimulus that results in coordinated movements. These movements lead to repetition which is a mode of child learning.
Children’s music can also be treated as therapy.
Application of children’s music can treat some physiological and psychosocial elements of illness. Treatment is aimed at the acquisition of non-musical behavior by virtue of systematic musical methods. Aside from entertainment and therapy, children’s music is also a special kind of education. It develops the cognitive skills of children. Stimulation of cognitive abilities leads to multi-sensory development. The latter contributes to the ability of a child to retail information and be attentive to detail. As a result, the child becomes confident and clever. Exposure to music stimulates learning about colors, numbers, shapes, and parts of the body. As a consequence, though may not be the primary goal, it increases the child’s intelligence.
Children’s music can also develop a child’s social skills.
Usually, musical experiences are done in groups. Participants can sing in unison or one after the other. With this process, everyone is encouraged to participate thus participants eventually become closer. Children’s music treats developmental delays and learning disabilities by drawing out movements. The latter develops self-awareness which can easily be manifested. Examples of these movements are gripping the beater, tapping a triangle, playing cymbals and drums and the likes.
Studies have proven that children with developmental delays and learning disabilities like Down’s Syndrome respond to music. Thus, exposure to music can boost response and expression. As a result, individual expressions and talents like singing and dancing can be discovered.
Children’s music can be so powerful that it can develop both the interpersonal and interpersonal aspects of a child. It simultaneously augments functional abilities at the same time the expressive and creative capacities of a child.
Atmosphere plays an important role as well.
Zera Music Company works to create a playful, nonperformance-oriented environment that is musically rich, yet immediately accessible to the child and the adult. The organization developed a research-based curriculum that takes a music and movement approach to early childhood music development.
