Toddler music classes in Denver have been known to enrich your child’s development as well as introduce a valuable, creative skill into their lives. No matter which instrument they choose, just learning how to operate it and make beautiful music with it will improve many areas and aspects of your child’s cognitive development!

 

They’ll Improve Academically

The discipline, patience and concentration that learning an instrument requires can take a toll on your child’s school life. They will have improved skills all around in every subject, and they will take that discipline that learning an instrument teaches you and they’ll bring it into their school life. It won’t happen overnight, of course, but in time it will all pay off!

Their Social Skills will Improve

Ever notice your child doesn’t really converse or interact much with other kids? There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, but if your child wants to be more social but just doesn’t have it in them, put them in music classes! Gradually they gain more social skills and will be a lot more talkative with other kids, as they now have an interesting conversation topic!

They Can Take It With Them

Learning an instrument as a child means you are more capable of absorbing and retaining information, so your child is more likely to take their new skills and bring it into their adult life with them. They may never do anything professional with it, but just having it as a hobby or something to do when you’re bored at home.

Patience is a Virtue

It can be hard for children– especially toddlers– to be patient for any length of time, whether it’s 5 hours or 5 minutes. Learning a musical instrument will slowly develop a deeper sense of understanding, patience, and they will learn to appreciate waiting for things to happen in due time. Again, this will not be an overnight transformation, but more of a gradual change.

Improved Memory

You know that feeling when you walk into a room and completely forget why you did? Well, prevent that from happening to your child by enrolling them in classes to learn music! Memorizing songs, hand placement, and time signatures are all extremely vital to learning literally any instrument, and can sharpen your little one’s memory in no time!

It Can Bring Out Their True Creativity

Pretty much all kids have a super active imagination, but that deep rooted creative spirit lies within a select few. Having them learn music can awaken that spirit and run with it! You never know– your kid may be the next Beethoven, composing some of the most well known music in the world to this day!

Sense of Pride

Just like mastering your grandma’s super hard meatloaf recipe, or finally finishing that 1,000 piece puzzle, you feel a sense of pride when you’ve accomplished something that isn’t so easy. Your child will absolutely glow with pride and accomplishment once they learn that first song, and the look on their faces will make it all worth it in the end!

For a more in-depth look into just how much music affects our kids, this article here is an interesting and informative read!