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Here is a pretty powerful visual which outlines only a few reasons of how music education can benefit your student.
Here's what stuck with me: Music exercises the brain and jump starts general learning skills, such as: 1) Improved Reading skills . . 2) Increased Vocabulary . . 3) 90% of children showed an increase in verbal intelligence after only 20 days of musical training. . . . . . More brain and academic benefits: 1) Enhances fine motor skills . . 2) Increases listening skills . . 3) Improves auditory memory and attention . . 4) Exercises long-term memory . . 5) 20% of students score higher in math . . 6) 22% of students score higher in English . . 7) Score an average of 102 points higher on SATs . . . . . Students who study music are 5x less likely to drop out of school and 3x more likely to earn a Bachelor's Degree . . . . . 10) Increased self esteem . . 11) Better attentiveness and perseverance . . 12) Better study habits and organizational skills . . 13) Increased creativity . . . . . Basically, music is awesome. |