For example, recognizing that the sound you hear from a book dropped in front of you will sound louder than a book dropped 20 feet from you. In their study Rauscher and Shaw found preschool children who took singing or keyboard lessons performed higher on Object Assembly Task evaluations that measure spatial reasoning. It has been determined that these skills help in understanding concepts of proportion, which are essential to learning math and science. So the next time you re at a recital and watching a 3-year old bang away, just think, you may be looking at the next musical Einstein. It just fits in.
Children are more likely to want to learn if they are enjoying it.
The new research on how music influences learning may have an impact on the way schools view music budgets. For many years, cutbacks downsized music education in public schools across the country. The importance of music programs can also be seen in a report by the U.S. Department of Education. A comprehensive review of arts programs was conducted for the first time in 1997.