Learning an instrument improves motor and auditory skills

Another study has shown that learning an instrument (in this case, for just 15 months) affects young people’s motor and auditory skills.

Good music teaching can support children’s literacy

Empowering teachers with the skills to use music in the classroom can boost not only music skills in children, but also helps to improve aspects of literacy, particularly reading. Click anywhere on this excerpt to read on.

Active participation in music can rewire young people’s brains

Dr Nina Kraus’sstudy into the effects of music training on disadvantaged young people in Los Angeles has found that the level of participation – attendance at classes, practice – affects the changes that result in the brain and the related reading scores. To read more click anywhere on this excerpt …

Listening to music may improve a baby’s language skills

Adding music to a baby’s playtime may sharpen its language skills and ability to process musical rhythms, according to researchers from the University of Washington, USA.

Musical training enhances children’s verbal intelligence

Canadian researchers from York University reported that the verbal intelligence of 4- to 6-year-olds rises after only one month of musical training. The study suggests