Music can give children a way to express themselves, to unleash their creativity, to be inspired and uplifted, to relax, and to relieve stress and tension. Researchers have found that when children play music together – from simple rhythms to larger group performances – they are better able to tune into other people’s emotions. They learn to work together as a team and develop their sense of empathy with others. Making music with other people (like in a band or choir) improves children’s social and emotional skills. Mastering a new piece of music leads to a sense of pride and achievement, and helps children to learn the value of self-discipline. Setting aside regular time for practice develops commitment and patience. Learning music teaches children to work towards short-term goals, develop routine and practice self-discipline. This helps the body and the mind work together. Making music involves more than the voice or fingers you also use ears and eyes, as well as large and small muscles, all at the same time. Just like playing sports, playing and dancing to music helps children develop their motor skills. Learning music also requires significant levels of concentration, training children to focus their attention for sustained periods. Recent studies have shown that people who are musically trained have better working memory skills, helping them to remember things even while their minds are busy with other matters – important aspects of mental arithmetic and reading comprehension. Children who study music also have improved spatial intelligence and ability to form mental pictures of objects – skills that are important for more advanced mathematics. By listening to musical beats your child can learn basic fractions, pattern-recognition and problem solving. Music can help with the development of maths skills. Songs can also help children remember information (just think of the Alphabet song!). Learning music helps to develop the left side of the brain (related to language and reasoning), assists with sound recognition, and teaches rhythm and rhyme.
Studies also show that young children who participate in music classes have improved speech development and learn to read more easily. Musical activities (such as playing an instrument, singing or just listening to music) stimulate the brain, and this brain workout leads to improved brain structure with the formation of new neural connections.
Studies in neuroscience show that music can enhance brain function in children.
It speaks to people at a certain level, but the problem is that a lot of people don't speak Latin.Music can benefit your child in many areas – language, maths, concentration and social skills, just to name a few! So whether or not your child learns a musical instrument, try to expose your child to music as much as possible and enjoy the many benefits! Brain growth " A cappella is like Latin," Graves said. But Otter Creek's preaching and teaching minister, Josh Graves, said church history is a stronger influence. Scriptural citations backing the a cappella tradition include a passage in Ephesians about singing hymns and making music in the heart. That included not purchasing organs or organizing bands. Tennessee has the second-highest number of Church of Christ congregations in the USA with nearly 150 in Nashville's home county of Davidson and Williamson County, where Brentwood is located, alone.Ĭhurch of Christ commitment to a cappella dates to the faith's emergence in the 1800s Restoration Movement.Ĭhurches of Christ don't consider themselves a denomination since they have no central hierarchy, but from the beginning, autonomous congregations shared a commitment to simplicity and mirroring first-century Christians. "But the larger Churches of Christ, they were actually very firm in embracing us." "A lot of churches from our heritage cut us off," said Seidman, whom Otter Creek leaders consulted leading up to this week's announcement. Even now, 13 years after The Branch, a multicampus Church of Christ congregation in Dallas, introduced instrumental music, Google searches on it and senior minister Chris Seidman yield scathing denunciations.