Did you know that having your child engaged in piano lessons can have fantastic benefits on their IQ points, spatial intelligence and increase their abilities with mathematics? Piano lessons for children will not only let them express their creative sides and allow them to encounter music they might not ordinarily experience, but will increase their educational abilities. Enroll your child now in keyboard lessons and your academically challenged child could be the next Einstein! Indeed, you can apparently temporarily increase the spatial intelligence of your child just by having them hearing music by Mozart!
There have been some impressive studies performed lately to confirm these astonishing claims both through the University of California and the University of Wisconsin. This article is going to list some of the interesting facts that these studies discovered in relation to piano lessons children:
1. Increased self-esteem and confidence. Learning a piece of music takes time and patience. Children can see the benefits of perseverance and then experience the pride of playing their new accomplishment for family and friends.
2. Assists in better concentration skills. Sitting down for 15-30 minutes at a time and focussing on the keyboard will give your child improved study abilities.
3. Allows the child to be exposed to various types of music that they might not otherwise ever hear. By introducing your child to piano lessons , you are increasing the chances that they will become interested in other musical instruments down the track.
4. Increased coordination. Children who play the piano have better fine motor skills and better hand eye coordination then their peers who are not having keyboard lessons. This is due to the fact that playing the piano requires both hands to be doing different tasks at the same time, for example, hands going in different directions, one hand playing soft and the other loud, and playing the notes at different times. This also aids in improving the complex thought process.
5. Exercises the parts of the brain needed for spatial intelligence, mathematics and other intellectual exercises.
6. For preschool piano players, testing revealed that these children performed staggeringly 34% better at testing for spatial-temporal reasoning exams, than those preschoolers who did not receive keyboard lessons. The spatial -temporal reasoning is the function of the brain required to comprehend science, maths, and engineering.
7. For 6 years olds, after 9 months of piano instruction, the youngster's IQs increased by almost 3 points more than the kids who had not had any piano tuition. The experts believe that the varied aspects involved in the lessons, including expressing emotion, learning scales and chords, memorizing, and learning about musical timing, all contributed to a multi-dimensional character which contributed to the increased IQ results.
The results speak for themselves. It would seem there is nothing to lose from enrolling in piano lessons children. No space in the house? Can't afford an upright acoustic piano? There are many electric keyboards out there that are very affordable, compact and will last for at least the first 2 years of your child's tuition. That electric keyboard could end up being a lot less costly than years of maths or science tuition!
