Music Matters
Whether listening to classical music makes kids smarter is continually debated in academic circles, but I don't think we're ever going to have any definitive conclusions on this topic.
Do we really need a group of scientists to tell us that Beethoven is good for the brain?
Exposing babies to complex music that both soothes and stimulates is a wonderful thing. I often put on a classical radio station when Hendrick and I are in the car or hanging out in his playroom. (I can't say for certain that's the reason he has a rich vocabulary at 23 months old, but it certainly didn't hurt.)
What struck me most, however, in today's Foxnews.com article on this issue was not whether classical music will strengthen my boy's left brain, but rather the impact music can have on his right brain.
One music teacher pointed out in the article that our children have become more accustomed to - and reliant upon - sight than sound. When we spend hour upon hour looking at projected images (think television, movies, computer screens) we don't have to formulate pictures in our mind the same way we do when we listen to music or read.
Think of the dulling impact that could have on a child's imagination - and all the ideas that could have been spawned from dreams.
Here's the link:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297994,00.html
Do we really need a group of scientists to tell us that Beethoven is good for the brain?
Exposing babies to complex music that both soothes and stimulates is a wonderful thing. I often put on a classical radio station when Hendrick and I are in the car or hanging out in his playroom. (I can't say for certain that's the reason he has a rich vocabulary at 23 months old, but it certainly didn't hurt.)
What struck me most, however, in today's Foxnews.com article on this issue was not whether classical music will strengthen my boy's left brain, but rather the impact music can have on his right brain.
One music teacher pointed out in the article that our children have become more accustomed to - and reliant upon - sight than sound. When we spend hour upon hour looking at projected images (think television, movies, computer screens) we don't have to formulate pictures in our mind the same way we do when we listen to music or read.
Think of the dulling impact that could have on a child's imagination - and all the ideas that could have been spawned from dreams.
Here's the link:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297994,00.html
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