Music and Kids
- Babies are born with a pre disposition or natural ability for music
- Sense of hearing is the earliest to develop in the womb
- Children have an awareness of sound and rhythm whilst still in the uterus
- Music is often a natural part of the daily routine
- Music is often associated with positive experiences
- Music can be highly motivating
- Music is easily accessible to most children
- Music can provide alternative ways to communicate without words
- Music time can be shared by different groups of people
- Music helps children to learn how to organise their thoughts and their bodies.
Music reinforces learning experiences and gives children a fun, motivating approach to new learning situations.
Music and Development
Music can help...
- Thinking skills - Staying on task, increasing attention span, problem solving, following instructions, understanding and practicing new concepts.
- Language, Literacy and Numeracy - can be taught using music, and can be reinforced. Language, maths and music are similar in that they follow patterns and rules.
- Physical skills - Gross and fine motor skills, co-ordination, body awareness.
- Communication skills - verbal and non-verbal self-expression.
- Social skills - sharing, turn-taking, sitting and waiting.
Click on the links below for age appropriate activities to assist in developing the above skills.
Under 3 months
3 - 6 months
6 - 9 months
9-12 months
12 - 18 months
18 - 24 months
2-3 years
3-4 years
4-5 years
