Ancient
Greek philosopher Plato said: “Music is moral law. It gives soul to the
universe, wings to the mind, flight the imagination and charm and cheerfulness
to life and to everything.” Music brings joy and makes us feel happy at any
time. Researches have proved that other than bringing happiness music plays a
powerful role in the cognitive development of children. Music inspires
creativity, imagination and self expression. It also builds self esteem and is
a good exercise to strengthen the memory skills of children.
Various
studies have proven that musical training can help brain improve the ability to
distinguish between the rapidly changing sound which is normally considered to
be the key skill in understanding and using language. Music education in schools will help children
develop their reading and listening skills and improve their concentration
level through this. If the children are encouraged to learn any instrumental
music it will help them to enhance their basic engineering skills and also advance
the hand-eye coordination.
So
for this purpose schools have introduced various music classes and training as
part of curriculum to develop the inherent talents of kids. There are many
schools in India who focus on the cognitive development of children and since
music proved to be the best tool to enhance this talent, they have incorporated
music as a part of their syllabus.
Group
music lessons help children develop interest towards the idea of team play. It
makes them identify the possibilities of better opportunity to showcase talent
while working in a group. Not only that group music lessons can make children
recognize the happiness one can have while being with others and also will get
to know hike in creative ladder when they work together. This is the main
reason we insist the inculcation of music into curriculum.
The
continuous music practice and performances help to build discipline and self
confidence in children. While going through various stages of learning music,
the child also learns commitment and value of things. Music is a means of self
expression and it is a non verbal language which offers an alternative means of
expression to children who find it difficult to communicate through speech.
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