The Musically Trained Child & Parent
- Sally Dancy
- Jul 31
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 17
What is the difference between…
Musical Listening & Experiencing
Music Making & Moving to
Musical Lessons
Musicians & Artists (becoming)
…
Why do we use the term Musically Trained?
The scientific research into music and humanity has come a long way in the last 2 decades. Instead of “can music make you smarter?” we are learning that music is a fundamental part of how our brains work & make connections. Music is one of the first and last things with which our brains connect. The genes for musicality are older than those for spoken or written language. Our sensory profiles of motor, auditory, & visual are linked together through music. We created music before we spoke, calculated, or created - and the foundations for all of those are found in music. For our sensory profile music is as foundational as movement . For thinking abstractly and language/communication music is even more important. Music may be the original “language” of our human brains and THE thing (it’s definitely one of the few things) that makes humans unique.
Kindermusik is a serious program & facilitated to teach children and parents to use as many musical tools as possible. That includes providing a foundation for musical education. But Kindermusik also provides a foundation for all learning and for utilizing the brain for movement, social, emotional, and cognitive skill.
Being musically trained goes beyond the elite world of Musician or Artist. It’s for ALL children… humans. Music can be used by all of us to understand and develop and use our brains. And it is very important for creative thinking, language development, abstract thought, AND social connections & emotional regulation.
Below I have some links to articles for more…
How doing arts with family (at-home or in kindermusik where we facilitate at-home) make a big difference
How pre & postnatal singing makes a difference baby’s development
How musical play (like what we do in Kindermusik) supports movement & intellect at the same time https://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/research-directories/completed-projects/2016/using-movement-and-storytelling-to-enhance-motor-and-cognitive-development-in-preschoolers/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMBvJ9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpQfptzkPQxtmmhvll0O5ere_fMwXofXR2qm28zPS9Ird4QKvnDAqL1sBtQL_aem_rXv0q6xDQRJ6R484yd0Lxw
How singing (and other music participation) can affect health
Musical play is how to super charge all learning including social connection & social cues. Kindermusik takes the advice (& science) you get about teaching social skills, musical techniques that are practical, and provides a safe place to practice.
Here’s an article on regulation https://www.apa.org/topics/parenting/emotion-regulation?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMButxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmb9H3iFduqDAQV9YPYoNIkK5zZ1aBPLHxOZL9HGyUhs8lNquUmuieGbKBpA_aem_A4flstX0eMfahksTplJUNg
and here’s an article explaining Kindermusik’s role in helping with it https://www.kindermusik.com/mindsonmusic/how-music-strengthens-emotional-development-and-bonding/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMBu8VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHur2_Z055xry-46WMRiNVI9nPFl0COWwyGSR9NROJpbxR7wKHuKclomJzlLt_aem_orzhgj92oBYfX-re6tb5aw
How music improves auditory & language development
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