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Children & Music Appreciation
Babies learn while they're still in the womb. The early years of a child's life are crucial for creating a foundation of lifelong musical learning.

Children & Music Appreciation Babies learn while they're still in the womb...The early years of a child's life are crucial for creating a foundation of lifelong musical learning. Young children are open to all sorts of learning, including music. Studies have shown that early music exposure can enhance early childhood development and spatial reasoning. Just listening to music brings the possibility of further developing a child's ability to form mental images of physical objects; recognize variations of objects; and to perceive the visual world accurately.

Children don't have to have formal musical training in order to reap the benefits. Play music for them often; sing songs with them; let them enjoy playing instruments and making music while listening to music. Besides being beneficial to them...it's an enjoyable activity that comes naturally to children, as well as adults!

The following are sites relating to children and music:

Children's Music Web: Stay in touch with music-related information & activities for children.
Children's Music Web Guide: Websites related to children's music.
The Children's Music Archive: International children's recording artists Online Songbook.
The Little Big Band: Introduces young children to a variety of music.
Music Rhapsody: Music for children.
Music Notes - An Interactive Online Musical Experience: Theories, history, instruments, games, & more.
The Gordon Institute for Music Learning: The Official Website for the Music Learning Theory.
Music Together: Their national site is not online yet.
Kindermusik International: Locate classes near you.

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