I read an interesting article today about at what age should a child learn to read music notes, here’s an exerpt:

“For kids younger than 5 or 6, there is still plenty that can be done to encourage musicality. Play music for them often, and encourage them to clap along with the beat or try to sing the melody. Buy them a little keyboard on which to simply fool around. By the time they are old enough for more formalized lessons, the concepts of notes and rhythms, often daunting to children at first, will already be engrained.”

I found their perspective interesting; essentially saying that kids should learn music theory and learn how to read music notes when they start school, but that you can do alot to increase and encourage musical creativity in your child by beginning music education simply with music, listening, and singing.

The whole article can be found at Music at What Age Article


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