| As we continue our conversation on the | | | | polyglots used to or still play musical instruments. |
| advantages of music education for children, I | | | | Also, it is obvious that playing music makes the |
| want to make sure you understand that music | | | | hands - and especially the fingers - of painters or |
| schools and private teachers do not have it in | | | | artists quite skillful and capable. Having listed the |
| their agendas to make a great musician out of | | | | advantages of music education, I'd like to add that |
| every student! | | | | former "musical" children, even if they did not |
| Have you ever talked to people who have | | | | become professional musicians, having grown up, |
| completed only half of their music education? If | | | | regard their work with more responsibility and |
| not, then I recommend you do. Certainly, they | | | | professionalism. They are pleasant to talk with |
| had some difficulties in training, because studying | | | | because they love people. Due to their specially |
| is hard work! But I bet you'll hear them say that | | | | developed ear for music, "musical" people |
| they regret quitting. Later in life, people | | | | understand their relatives and children better. The |
| understand that the kind of push they received in | | | | majority of them are happily married, and they |
| their emotional and intellectual development was | | | | choose jobs that have to do with communicating |
| due to musical training in their childhood. | | | | and working with people. There are many |
| I talked to many adults who had taken music | | | | teachers, doctors, personnel managers, lawyers, |
| lessons as children. Some told me amazing stories | | | | bank clerks, counselors, as well as translators, |
| about how the music helped them improve their | | | | journalists, etc., among them. |
| memory (and not only musical). Others noticed | | | | Now, dear parents, hopefully I have dispelled all |
| that their spoken language became richer, and | | | | your doubts about choosing music lessons for |
| their voice more expressive. I've also met people | | | | your child and answered the question as to "Why |
| who use their once-musically trained hands and | | | | I want my child to get music education." |
| fingers to do dainty, nimble work in skillful | | | | Yet having made such a serious and responsible |
| projects. For example, among these are many | | | | decision, I am sure that many of you still have |
| who work as secretaries or at jobs that are | | | | some doubts and questions. And those of you |
| closely connected with a computer. | | | | whose children have already begun training will |
| Children who study music can better and more | | | | come across certain issues and require assistance |
| expressively recite poems than other children. | | | | and guidance in resolving them from time to time. |
| Many "musical" children grow up to be fine actors. | | | | Drawing from my own experience, I have noticed |
| Also, very few people know that the most | | | | that while preparing children for music lessons, |
| successful among those who are multilingual used | | | | parents do not always use the recommended |
| to play musical instruments in childhood! And, the | | | | literature, which, unfortunately, is really hard to |
| longer their training was as a child, the better their | | | | come by. Sometimes such books are written in |
| grip on foreign language speaking and | | | | "dry" and complex language not intended for easy |
| comprehension as an adult! Ninety-five percent of | | | | reading and understanding. |