Importance Of Music For Babies

Importance Of Music For Babies
By Jen Hart

Music is an essential element in babies learning and
development. Babies are musical beings and are fascinated by
music from birth. Research has shown that music played to a
child while still in the womb has a beneficial effect on the
child’s brain and helps to lay the foundation of later learning,
music ability and language development. Music helps to relax you
and your baby and can improve your baby’s memory development and
sensory coordination.

Babies enjoy experiencing music and movement together. Teach
songs with actions and encourage your baby to dance along to the
music. Movement helps babies learn balance, coordination, body
awareness and rhythm. Getting your baby to play an instrument
will help with her creative development and help develop her
fine motor skills. Music can also be a fun, special time to
share with your baby.

There are many benefits of surrounding your baby with music.
Music assists in the development of speech. Singing nursery
rhymes and simple songs teaches a baby how language is
constructed and assists with the acquisition of language.
Singing songs with babies will also teach them about tone, beat
and rhythm.

Having a few CDs with a variety of children’s songs will keep
parents and babies amused. Babies will quickly pick up nursery
rhymes and repetitive tunes and be singing along before you know
it.

Including music as a routine part of your day will have many
positive effects on your baby. Babies can be settled to sleep
with music. A song sung by a parent or played on a CD routinely
prior to sleep time can help to establish a good bedtime routine
for babies.

Music can be effective in keeping babies entertained in the car
on long trips. Ensure you have a variety of CDs. You can never
have enough of them as parents quickly get bored by the same
tunes playing over and over and over again.

If you play an instrument, learn a few nursery thymes to play
and sing along with your baby. You will take pleasure in
watching him dancing along to your tunes. The whole family can
join in and enjoy the experience. If you don’t play an
instrument think about learning to play the guitar, it is
relatively easy and the whole family will enjoy it for years to
come.

About the Author: Jen Hart is the author of the informative
website http://www.baby-patch.com/guitar.html providing baby and
toddler gift advice & parenting information. The site includes a
list of over 40 nursery rhymes and guitar chords for you to
learn and enjoy. Jen is the mother of a charming baby boy and
writes about him frequently on her blog
http://www.baby-patch.com/blog

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