The Rhythm Room
Dixie and Sandalwood Brampton, ON, Canada

http://www.dosomething.org/t/11-facts-about-music-education# Check out these 11 facts about music education!

http://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/advoc/12benefits.html

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/256355.php Music lessons early in life increase brain development!

Research indicates the brain of a musician, even a young one, works differently than that of a nonmusician. There’s some good neuroscience research that children involved in music have larger growth of neural activity than people not in music training. When you’re a musician and you’re playing an instrument, you have to be using more of your brain, says Dr. Eric Rasmussen, chair of the Early Childhood Music Department at the Peabody Preparatory of The Johns Hopkins University http://www.pbs.org//music/the-benefits-of-music-education/

Early musical training helps develop brain areas involved in language and reasoning. Recent studies have clearly indicated that musical training physically develops the part of the left side of the brain known to be involved with processing language, and can actually wire the brain's circuits in specific ways. Linking familiar songs to new information can also help imprint information on young minds.