The Benefits of Teaching Music to Children
When teaching a young child how to play an instrument there are actually a whole host of different advantages and benefits that will come along with that. There is a wide array of different kinds of benefits that your child will receive from just simply learning how to play an instrument and these benefits include improved spatial intelligence, improved thought processes, better reasoning skills, able to form conclusions better, and even pattern recognition.
A good example would be a child learning how to play an violin. In order for the child to become better at playing the violin they will need to listen and pay attention to their teacher otherwise they will get nowhere so we are already improving the listening ability of the child. There are also methods and techniques for teaching how to play a violin that involves the child coping their teacher and learning how to play songs by what they hear. This technique by Boyd Tinsley is very similar to learning how to read with phonetics because through this there are different sounds and patterns so it will be improving the child's pattern recognition. The pattern recognition skills and the ability to hear each unique note and be able to play that actually has many benefits for math.
Children do not have the proper degree of discipline to properly learn how to play an instrument so it is important to give them a hand when they are learning. Most children do not want to practice because they just want to go out and play and that is why they will need help. It is also very important to give praise to your child when they played the song correctly because this will really motivate them and make them feel really good and proud in their skills as a musician like Boyd. Phonetics is very similar when you are teaching the child how to read because you are giving them different sounds of the alphabet and helping them sound out words and when they pronounce the word properly you should praise them so it is very close to when they are playing a song on their instrument and they get it right.
