Skill Development Activities For Kids

Posted on January 22, 2010 @ 5:33 pm

Most parents look for after school activities when school starts, but they don’t know what kind of activity to look for. Oftentimes, they settle for just what is near their home or what their budget can afford. If it involves, music lessons, then the child got lucky. However, if more parents knew about the additional skills that music can give to their children, then they would definitely go seek out the singapore children music classes. Music makes children more intelligent, socially adept, verbally proficient, and self confident. But how is it that music develops these other skills.

Everyone who writes about the benefits of singapore children music classes state that this type of activity develops other skills in children, but just how do they know this and where are their statistics. The fact is, there are numerous evidence to back up the the assertion that music helps children develop other skills.

Recently a study conducted by the University of Toronto showed that children music lessons or even voice lessons had a positive effect on children’s IQ. Four groups of 6 year olds participated in the study. The first group enrolled in piano lessons, the second in vocal and the third took a theatre class, while the fourth group had no activity whatsoever.

When the study first began, the children were tested and their IQ score was noted. The kids then went to first grade, and to their respective activity. At the end of the year they were again tested for IQ’s and the results were varied.

All of the children increased by about 4 points each, and this was attributed to their regular classes. The kids who took music lessons, however, had additional increase in their IQ’s of almost 3 points, while the child who took theatre classes posted no additional increase.

Scientists believe that the reason for this increase is because music has many dimensions and learning to master all the different facets takes several brain functions. Learning things like music interval, chords, memorization, and expression, exercises the child’s entire brain. If your child starts musical lessons early you may see a significant growth in their reasoning skills.

The same study was done on adults, however, there was not any significant difference in their IQ’s.

Whether this study is a significant reason or not for enrolling children in music class, only you can determine, but if your children show an interest in music, or you are thinking of enrolling them in some type of after school activity then you should really think about some type of music class.

Music is a fun activity for kids. It helps them to be more self confident, socially adept, and helps them with important studies like math. It may just be fun for these kids, but we all know that they are developing many other skills along with having all that fun. Music brings joy, fun, and intelligence to your home. What more can parents ask for from an after school activity.

 







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