Several months ago I was contacted by BAM Radio Network about being an on-air host for a new Thought Leaders and Change Agents channel they were launching. A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to participate in a broadcast titled, “Starting Too Early, Starting Too Late? What’s Right?” The show primarily featured Carla Hannaford, Ph.D., educator and biologist.
The information Dr. Hannaford shared from her research was absolutely fascinating! I am familiar with some of the studies regarding a baby’s capacity to hear sound even while still in the mother’s womb, but I was in awe of the specific statistics that she shared. The show is a short 15 minutes or so in length, so it’s a quick listen, but I think every parent, musician, and teacher will benefit greatly from it! You’ll have to let me know what you think.
This was very enlightening. I didn’t realize that our nighttime ritual of listening to Classical music was helping my baby so early on in utero. But just a few nights ago my husband made me aware that I was subconciously burping our newborn baby to the beat of Pachabel’s canon playing in the background – so hopefully she’ll end up being a very rhythmically aware future piano student:)
Learning music in early ages of the child makes him/her understand the compositions of music and its beats and lyrics better.
I started playing the drums at about 7 or so and i have never given it up and probly will never. For me playing the drums at a early age gave me great time coordination and some massive arms lol.