Music is timeless. Maths is invaluable. We hate to imagine a world where children are deprived of an education of both.
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2. Music education is said to grow, hone and permanently
improve certain neural networks.
Children who have an ongoing musical education have
significantly higher levels of cognitive capacity, and
therefore their numerical problem solving skills are
improved.
Since learning a music instrument involves appreciating
the length of notes in proportion to others, a child will
exercise the part of the brain associated to proportional
thinking. This is directly linked to mathematical skills,
such as fractions, which are a fundamental part of the
subject.
3. A 10 year study involving 25,000 students showed that music-making
improves scores in standardised tests, as well as in reading proficiency
exams (Source: James Catterall, UCLA, 1997).
Dr. Gottfried Schlaug, found that certain regions of the brain, such
as the corpus callosum and the right motor cortex, were larger in
musicians who started their musical training before the age of 7.
Dr. Frances Rauscher, of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, said:
‘young children provided with instrumental instruction score
significantly higher on tasks measuring spatial-temporal cognition,
hand-eye coordination and arithmetic.’
The IQ’s of young students who had nine months of weekly training
in piano or voice rose nearly three points more than their untrained
peers (Study by E. Glenn Schellenberg, of the University of Toronto at
Mississauga, 2004.)
4. It’s important to remember most musicians play
for their love of music without being aware that
maths is involved.
Introducing children to musical training gives them
a competitive advantage over their peers as they
are challenging their attention of decoding notes
and finding patterns without even realising.
Let’s start brain training today!
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website:
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