Research into the value of early childhood music education has shown a multitude of developmental benefits for participating children, including improvements in:
- Coordination (through movement)
- Non-locomotor skills (bending, swaying, twisting, swinging, turning)
- Locomotor skills (running, skipping, galloping, etc.)
- Sense of timing and rhythm/established meter
- Spatial concepts (on, in, under, in back of, around, etc.)
- Vocabulary and dynamics (soft/loud, piano/forte)
- Ear training/pitch recognition (high/low)
- Social development, self-esteem, collaborative and leadership skills, discipline.
- Self-expression (ability to express oneself creatively through songs, movement, and improvisation)