enhances intelligence

AHHH, the next part of the lets play music mission statement. "enhances intelligence." extensive years of research indicate music is magical, especially when it comes to the effects of the brain development!" Music also promotes enhanced brain functioning. it promotes cognitive development as well as abstract thought. in mathematics, music plays an important role in enhancing the brain's hard wiring for spatial-temporal reasoning, or the ability to visualize and transform objects in space and time. when we divide and subdivide rhythm, this aides in the development of proportional math and fraction skills. music develops these spatial-temporal reasoning skills. knowledge of these skills are a prerequisite to math at higher levels. As children are introduced to complex musical concepts they not only develop high musical aptitudes, but high mental capacities as well. or in other words: MUSIC ENHANCES INTELLIGENCE!

develops talent

research in musical development is concluding that a person is "musically talented" not because of DNA or genetics, but because of a musical environment at a young age. Exposure and instruction during the child's "music window" develops high musical aptitude. Musical Aptitude is the capacity to learn and assimilate musical skills. So we can see, that teaching music to children early will result in.....TALENTED CHILDREN! "Let's Play Music presents and encourages the development of harmony, melody, and rhythm skills in such a way that a child internalizes these skills; and as they are internalized and assimilated, a musician is formed. All children are musical by nature, but need some guidance to refine their natural interest into a skill. Let's Play Music is focused on developing the musician already present within each child by INTERNALIZING the elements of beautiful music." i tell my 1st year parents that the focus of the 1st year is complete INTERNALIZATION and internalization cannot be rushed. so let's have FUN!