I receive lots of questions about teaching toddlers piano and always advise a rhythm and movement experience with YOU! Forget formal lessons for awhile and simply make music, sing, create a beat or three. Here’s an excerpt from an article on the most current research of music and toddlers.
“Forget the Mozart Effect and Baby Einstein, take it easy on acquisitions for your two-year-old’s private library, and don’t fret if your three-year-old hasn’t started violin lessons just yet.
The key to unlocking a child’s potential intelligence and happiness may indeed lie in music, but succumbing to the commercial juggernaut that is the baby-genius-making industry may not be in either your child or your wallet’s best interest.
Instead, try making up songs with your toddler. A new study suggests that regular informal music-making with very young children may even have benefits above and beyond those of reading…”
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