How Art and Music Influence Brain Development

How does exposure to music and art enhance a child’s intelligence? We did some research and found some interesting, and often convincing, explanations from a variety of sources. Check it out!

Music Education Can Help Children Improve Reading Skills

Science Daily

Music: A Natural Connection to Children's Growth and Development

Child Care Aware

Fine Arts Change the Brain: Brain Development Affected by Music and Art

Suite101.com - Educational Issues

Early Childhood Today Interviews Thomas Moore, PhD, on Music and Young Children: How music helps to bring a family feeling into the classroom

Scholastic.com

Language Development and Music:Music Can Help Children Learn to Talk and Communicate

Suite101.com - Early Childcare Development

Music Helps Children with Dyslexia: Learning to Play an Instrument Can Increase Language Skills

Suite101.com - Special Needs Education

Arts Appear to Play a Role in Brain Development

Baltimore Sun

How Art Museums Help Children Learn

New York Times

‘Neuroeducation’ Emerges as Insights into Brain Development, Learning Abilities Grow

The Dana Foundation

Art and How It Benefits the Brain

Self Help Healing Arts Journal

Arts with the Brain in Mind

Harvard Educational Review

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