What Makes Toddler Music
Important For Growth And Development?

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, (take tons of toddler pictures...LOL) This is great for good toddler health and developing motor skills. Be wise in the choices of music you expose them to. Environment is huge and you do not want to promote inappropriate music either. Their little minds are so vulnerable... so please be careful and think about toddler safety.

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 the bond.

The Appropriate Types Of Toddler Music

I briefly touched on this above, but I want to explore it farther. Parents, you must be wise about the choices of music. 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. It makes my stomach turn just thinking about harming my child, it may be indirectly but the wrong music CAN be harmful to them. Think about this and CHOOSE the best.

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. I wondered if the toddler years were 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, their brains are ready! 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 also 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 son 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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