Pre-Piano Class for Preschoolers
Did you know that kids who study the piano have bigger brains? You want your child to have every chance at a successful life and you also value a music education because you believe that music enriches our world.
However, did you also know that about 80% of kids drop out of piano before making it past book 2? Ask around and you’ll find tons and tons of adults who say that they took piano lessons when they were a kid, but now can’t play anything. Think of how much money parents waste, not to mention all the time driving kids to lessons and the exhausting back and forth of nagging your kids to practice.
What if you could test things out before committing to the full cost and time requirements of music study? What if you could get a feel for your child’s aptitude before jumping all the way in? And what if this trial run was actually building a solid music foundation that helps kids soar through their later music study at an accelerated pace?
Springville Piano Lessons now offers a special music class designed just for preschoolers. This pre-piano class instructs young children in music essentials, and kids love coming to class because we learn through play. Innovative games teach kids beginner rhythm, music notation, and creating at the keyboard. The fun social setting lets kids build friendships in which they encourage and support one another. And the training they receive gives them an inestimable advantage if they go on to further music study.
Other music classes for young kids cost upwards of $40 per month, but the tuition for Kristin’s class is much more affordable. Click on the pricing tab to learn more and call Kristin at 801-407-7102 or send her an email to get your child started.
Does learning the piano really help kids develop bigger brains? Real research reveals that the answer is yes.
Brain scans reveal clear differences: certain parts of the brain are larger in adult musicians as compared with nonmusicians. So are special brainy people genetically predisposed to music or is the process of learning an instrument responsible for the larger size? Researcher Gottfried Schlog and his colleagues developed experiments to investigate.
Brain scans performed at the beginning of the study revealed no significant differences between children in the test and control groups. Test children received lessons on piano or a string instrument for two years. Brain scans performed at the end of the two years showed significantly increased size among children who were high practicers.
Schlog’s study demonstrates that learning to play the piano does in fact cause structural changes in the brains of children, and that the amount of time spent practicing is important. The age of the child makes a difference, too. The younger the children were when they began piano lessons, the more significant the positive impact on brain structure.
We can understand how music study has such a significant neurological impact when we consider all that is required of the brain as a child learns to play. Eyes, ears and hands are all actively engaged as the child learns to turn written notation into beautiful music.
You can give your preschool aged child a head start on music study for a fraction of the cost. Call 801-477-7102 or send Kristin an email to get your child enrolled in pre-piano today!
Read the actual research publications:
http://www.musicianbrain.com/papers/Schlaug_CorpusCallosum_Children_Music_nyas_04842.pdf
http://www.musicianbrain.com/papers/Hyde_MusicTraining_BrainPlasticity_nyas_04852.pdf
See also: Rauscher, Frances H.; Shaw, Gordon L.; Ky, Catherine N. (1993). “Music and spatial task performance”. Nature 365 (6447): 611.