You have the chance now to introduce a formative influence that may be second only to the love you give your child. If you're looking for a way to provide your child with a source of life-long joy, satisfaction, and accomplishment, childhood music education is an excellent first step. And the piano is an excellent first instrument. No other single instrument matches the piano for its broad application of musical concepts. Even if later your child chooses to play another instrument, the melody, rhythm and sense of harmony acquired with piano education will pay off handsomely.
New evidence exists that there are actual physiological benefits to early childhood music education.
These skills are necessary for learning mathematics and science, to play chess, and to master many concepts of engineering. The new study documents that early piano training also has a direct effect on the development of the brain's neural circuitry, actually improving intellectual development. Now it appears that piano training can actually make children more intelligent. Four standard, age-calibrated spatial reasoning tests were given before and after training. Significant improvement on the spatial temporal test was found for the keyboard group only.