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The Music Advantage
- How Music Helps Your Child Develop, Learn, and Thrive
- Narrated by: Olivia Mackenzie-Smith
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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The Music Advantage
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Publisher's Summary
An expert in cognitive development and music education reveals the remarkable and surprising benefits that playing - or even appreciating - music offers to children.
The latest cognitive research has revealed something extraordinary: Learning music and listening to music can grow and repair our brains at any age. Here, Dr. Anita Collins explains how music has the potential to positively benefit almost all aspects of a child's development, whether it's through formal education or mindful appreciation; simply clapping in time can assist a young child who is struggling with reading.
It turns out that playing music is the cognitive equivalent of a full-body workout. Dr. Collins lays out the groundbreaking research that shows how playing an instrument can improve language abilities, social skills, concentration, impulse control, emotional development, working memory, and planning and strategy competence, from infancy through adolescence. She also provides real-life stories to show the difference that music learning can make, as well as practical strategies for parents and educators to encourage a love of music in their kids.
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What the critics say
"Easy to digest and packed full of fascinating observations, this will leave parents and educators eager to incorporate music into their child’s life." (Publishers Weekly)
“As it states in this wonderful book, ‘Music is the gift that keeps on giving.’ It’s true! I've not only witnessed it, I’ve experienced it since birth. But I’ve never seen it laid out so simply and thoroughly. All kids benefit from music. The Music Advantage not only shows you how, it shows you why. This book is important for our future.” (Victor L. Wooten, author of The Music Lesson)
"The Music Advantage is the book I always wanted to exist, and now it does! It reveals new insights, showing the power and magic that music has on the neurological well-being and development of children, and all of us." (Stephon Alexander, PhD, author of The Jazz of Physics and professor of physics, Brown University)