Several studies and researches are showing that learning music can make kids smart. When a child learns to play a musical instrument, not only does he train how to make tunes, but he also improves other capabilities of his brain as well. See what changes are occurs by the music.
- Gives learners access to unique ways of understanding and showing their knowledge.
- Music draws on the multiple intelligences and serves a wide range of learning styles.
- Encourages cross-cultural knowing and knowledge of cultures and civilizations, past and present, and helps students appreciate the variety of their cultural heritage.
- Offers means for innovative expression.
- Provides and act as a universal language of communication.
- Provides chances for students to solve problems that need higher level thinking skills.
- Endorse active rather than passive involvement.
- Makes abstract concepts and comprehensible for learners.
- Reaches students who are not being reached for e.g. underachieving gifted and talented students.
- Transforms how students are professed by others, enlightening abilities in learners previously unrecognized by other students or teachers.
- Makes community by providing opportunities for teamwork.
- Sharpens students’ learning-to-learn (perseverance, critical thinking, problem-solving) and social skills (collaboration, team work).
- Ties learning experiences to the real world of work (discipline, time management, commitment).
- Provides means for gathering existing evidence of student learning.
- Trains three processes of life-long learning: creativity, critical thinking, and reflection.
- Builds students’ personal skills and self-awareness required for success.
