What Are The Benefits
Of Toddler Music?

I remember my doctor telling me to play music on my belly when I was pregnant. Not anything loud or harsh, just some soft classical tunes. It was so relaxing for me and I know it was for my son in the womb. This is the amazing power that music holds, for adults and for children.

The Benefits of Toddler Music

Movement and Exercise
• What happens when you play music for a toddler? They will start to dance or jump and move around. This promotes exercise and developing motor skills. Again remember to be careful about the types of music you expose them too. You don’t want anything harsh like rap or hard rock heavy metal. The music has an effect on their growth as well. Please make wise decisions parents.




Intelligence

• Studies have shown that children exposed to music were smarter than those who weren’t. Now we can just assume that music may or may not have an impact on learning. Again why not try because the benefits can only be good…..right?




Bonding and Closeness

• Toddler music allows you to get closer with your child. You can dance and have fun together. You can do activities such as singing the “Itsy Bitsy Spider” and all the Fun stuff with that. Act out the song together and so the hand movements. Quality time with your toddler is great with music. Another great one is “Patty Cake”. My son loved when we did this one and he would laugh and laugh it was so cute. You can make great memories and music is there to help.




The Appropriate Kinds Of Toddler Music

I briefly touched on this above, but I want to explore it farther. Parents, you must be wise about the choices you pick. You do not want to expose your child to some of the music on the radio today. There has been immense studies conducted on the effect that certain music had on the growth of plants and you would be shocked!

There were plants exposed to heavy metal music that grew less than those exposed to classical, soft music. Those exposed to the classical flourished and grew beautifully. Imagine your toddler’s brain is like the plants. This is how important the proper music selection is. You can buy some great Baby Einstein Dvd’s. Check out Amazon. Com below for some great selections!!






To me, I don’t find anything cute about a child dancing to some of this music out here today. I find it rather disturbing. Be careful about these videos and all of the exposure they may be getting. Your child’s future matters!!

Toddler Music Lessons

Ever since my son was born, I have always said that I wanted him to take piano lessons. Now that he is a toddler and approaching 4 years old, I wondered if this was a good time. I did research and found that yes it is. Did you know that?

Yes, if he’s at least 3 years old. At this age, the brain circuits for music training begin to mature. Studies also suggest that music lessons can increase brain power……..WOW! One University of California at Irvine study shows that 3 and 4 year olds who took piano lessons performed better on tests that measured their ability to think in space and time than those who didn’t.

That to me is amazing and we should consider instrument lessons for our toddlers. I played the trumpet at an early age and I feel it was beneficial to me growing up. I loved learning and playing music. You should start your toddler out on a piano because they do say that instrument is the easiest for them to learn first.

Studies have shown that toddlers who took music lessons had better math skills and comprehension skills in school. So the effects of music carried on with them throughout their education. When you expose your toddler to music, the benefits are amazing. You may not have a music prodigy on your hands, but you will have a well rounded child. With a better chance of educational skills from music.

What an amazing gift we can give our children. Music sharpens the mind and produces so many good things. I know that I am going to begin lessons for my toddler as soon as possible. Anything we can do to benefit our children is where our focus should be. Did you know toddler music could do all of this?

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