"Music Will Make Your Child Smart"

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A recent study in Canada showed that by giving your children music lessons, you might in fact be making them smarter. They studied children ages 4-6 and found that the children with music lessons showed more "brain repsonses" This study is going to be published in Oxford University's neurology journal Brain. Even though their playing might seem really simple, they are in fact making crucial brain connections that can have an impact on " heightened literacy, verbal memory, math and I.Q. skills in kids as young as four." Music can be very important not only to increase their smarts, but also most kids really enjoy playing music, and that is what overall really matters.