4 Biggest Benefits of Kids Learning Piano Before Age 6!
I’m sure you are aware that kids learning piano provides tremendous benefits. But what exactly are the benefits? And how will it help your child continue to grow as they get older? Aren’t music lessons expensive?
Well, I will answer all of the questions for you. First, let’s start with the benefits:
1) Creativity & Self-Expression
Most teachers will discuss the academic benefits first, but I believe this is really the #1 benefit of your child learning piano at a young age.
By giving your child a creative outlet such as piano, they are learning to create, imagine, and discover. With this, they develop their abilities to solve problems and think outside-the-box!
Beyond that, your child will have a safe environment to freely express themselves that can last them throughout their life!
2) Confidence & Social Skills
Once again, the academic benefits are great and all, but I believe this one fits strongly at #2.
Confidence is something we all strive for, at any age. And by learning the piano, your child is understanding mastery and completion. Every new concept requires practice. By constantly being challenged by new concepts and pieces to play, your child will develop their passion for working towards something and being rewarded by improvement. And this feeling will help them gain confidence as they take on new tasks in life!
It’s also been proven that the more that a child trains in an instrument, the better their attention skill, anxiety management and control of their emotions. These benefits are even more pronounced if it happens before reaching 7 years old, with even very little training.
These skills can carry them through school as they start to realize the enjoyment of the learning process rather than the result!
3) Improved Language Skills
Language skills are important. There is no doubt about it. Learning to read, write, and speak any language requires brain power firing on all cylinders.
Well, you’ll be happy to know that music is indeed a language!
By learning to read, play, and understand music, your child is improving the part of the brain that is responsible for language skills!
Studies have shown that learning two-handed instruments, such as piano, promotes better communication between left and right brain hemispheres. This improves the development of problem solving, language skills, spontaneity, decision making, and social behavior.
As a matter of fact, a study in the early 1990s discovered the “Mozart effect” in children, which showed early language development and spatial-temporal intelligence could be boosted by keyboard lessons for children under 6 years old!
4) Improved Counting, Math Skills, & Pattern Recognition
I’m sure you’ve heard it before, music is very mathematical. Well, it is. However, it mostly involves counting letters rather than numbers and being able to recognize patterns.
The piano and music itself is very mathematically organized. It is a group of 12 notes that repeats over and over again. And each group of 12 notes can be easily divided by the pattern of 2 & 3 black keys. (We teach this concept to your child in just the 3rd lesson of our Preschool Piano Course)!
So by learning piano, your child will develop their abilities to recognize patterns. Music revolves around the concept of patterns and patterns are one the key components of math skills!
That sounds great and all but…
Lessons are expensive, what can I do?
Piano is now becoming more affordable than ever. And as virtual learning continues to grow, learning piano will become more affordable!
And if you don’t have a piano, you don’t need a real one just yet. You can find keyboards now for under $100. And for children under the age of 9, any keyboard will work just fine as they learn the fundamental skills of piano.
Our Online Preschool & Kindergarten Piano Course includes 12 kids lessons, over 40 printable worksheets, as well as over 20 instructional lessons for parents to assist and join in on the fun of learning piano!
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