Parenting Pointers: Reasons to Take Music Lessons

When your child starts to approach the age where they begin to take interests in extracurricular activities they have many options. There are team sports, art, science lessons they can take but one lesson that seems to be the most beneficial for your child is music. Here are 4 reasons to consider enrolling you child into a music course:

Positive outlet:Growing up can be difficult, all sorts of life lessons to be learned and hormones forming can lead any child to a frustrating time. Children have a difficulty expressing themselves as is and especially during difficult times. Music is a great way to channel their thoughts and feelings in a more positive way. Music allows children to be creative and whatever they want to be, it’s an outlet that children need.

Friends: Getting into music classes will help your child meet friends outside of the classroom. They will be able to relate to their music mate in ways that their friends at school can’t. There are all sorts of music clubs and groups throughout their teens and young adult hood that can help mold their lives.

Intellectual: Music lessons teach a child to read sheets and notes and require great focus. That focus is learned and can be carried over into school work. There are studies that show kids who take music lessons often do well in school. Depending on your child’s level of proficiency, music lessons can help pay for college with scholarships and grants.

Responsibility: Whether your child is in choir or learning an instrument, these come with responsibility. Music lessons require being on time and with certain supplies, it almost acts as a job. Instruments and music sheets are required and expensive. They have to clean and care for their instruments to keep them working properly.

Music lessons can range from different kinds of choir like opera, show tunes or a cappella; but if your child shows interest in instruments they have many options like piano, guitar and violin. Whatever you and your child choose, it will be a good decision for both! Play on!

Heather Smith is an ex-nanny. Passionate about thought leadership and writing, Heather regularly contributes to various career, social media, public relations, branding, and parenting blogs/websites. She also provides value to nanny service by giving advice on site design as well as the features and functionality to provide more and more value to nannies and families across the U.S. and Canada. She can be available at H.smith7295 [at] gmail.com.