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If you're a teacher, your first lesson is usually the most difficult, because you don't know what to expect. For music teachers, this means your first lesson should be about assessing your student. After the evaluation, you should tailor your lesson to your student's singing or playing ability. This means that you have to be prepared to teach material to students of different levels. It's a good idea to stick to basics for your first lesson.
Even as infants, children seem to enjoy music more than other noises. Simple tunes with rhythmic beats and singing can be fun for parents and children. Early interactive music lessons can help encourage brain development, facilitate early math skills and improve vocabulary.
The term "IQ" test refers to the Intelligence Quotient test, based on psychologist Alfred Binet's work in the early 1900s. Although some intelligence is hard-wired through genetics, there are ways that you can boost your child's intelligence. The brain's capacity to learn is greatest during childhood. By employing some positive cognitive development strategies, you may be able to raise your child's IQ noticeably.
Our sense of rhythm comes naturally. After all, we spend nine months in our mother's womb listening to the rhythm of her heart beating and listening to low-frequency music, according to The National Association of Music Education. So we listen to music before we're born, but at what age can we play music?
Today's children are beginning to take lessons and train for sports earlier than in previous generations. Organizations even offer musical education classes for children as young as a year and a half to 3 years old, children generally considered to be toddlers.
Kids have multiple options to choose from when it comes to extracurricular activities. Gone are the days when kids played baseball unsupervised on an empty lot or rode their bikes around the neighborhood until the street lights came on. Now activities are organized and supervised. Free time is a thing of the past. While extracurricular activities promote important skills such as teamwork and goal setting, it's possible to get too much of a good thing. If you and your kids are feeling overextended, it might be wise to prioritize your time and cut some of the extracurricular activities.
