What are the benefits of children learning piano? When is the best time for children to learn piano?

In the new era, parents have changed their children's education from the original free-range type to the current elite type, paying more attention to the comprehensive development of children, and letting children get in touch with the rich world of music from kindergarten. Let's take a look at the benefits of children learning piano and when is the best time for children to learn piano.

Contents of this article

1. The benefits of children learning piano

2. When is the best time for children to learn piano?

3. Prerequisites for letting children learn piano

The benefits of learning piano for children

Improve personal accomplishment and cultural quality

Children who receive good music education from an early age can not only improve their musical literacy and artistic accomplishment, but also have important significance for cultivating a rigorous and practical learning attitude and the ability to study consciously and hard. At the same time, it also has a subtle influence on a person's cultural literacy, moral customs, sentiments, and character formation.

Develop intelligence and cultivate coordination

Piano practice and playing are a dynamic system that requires constant auditory focus, the active and sensitive movement of the ten fingers independently, and the coordination of the different movements of both hands with the whole body. It enables the left and right hemispheres of the brain to develop equally and enhance their mutual coordination. Numerous examples have proven that children who start learning piano at an early age are significantly better than ordinary children in terms of comprehension, acceptance, imagination and creative thinking after entering school.

Develop an appreciation for music

Learning the piano requires exposure to and reading a large number of excellent piano works. Through long-term training and the influence of the works, children can not only become emotionally rich and cheerful, but also improve their musical appreciation.

Strengthening one's endurance and confidence

Playing the piano requires relatively proficient techniques and skills, and requires regular, scientific, and long-term training. This training requires perseverance, endurance, confidence, and courage. Therefore, piano learning has a good effect on cultivating a strong will, a tenacious and enterprising quality, and a down-to-earth, rigorous, and scientific style.

When is the best time for children to learn piano?

The success of a great artist not only requires personal efforts and excellent personal conditions, but is also restricted by many factors such as family environment, social environment, and cultural environment. According to informal statistics, winners of major international competitions start learning piano at the age of 5-15, so the best age for children to learn piano is 5-10 years old.

From the perspective of physiology and psychology, children aged 5 or 6 have good conditions in terms of brain development, attention, cognitive ability, and comprehension. In teaching practice, it is also found that older children have stronger receptive ability, higher self-awareness, and faster learning progress. They can even learn more in one year than children aged 3 or 4 years old.

Prerequisites for children to learn piano

The baby's attention span can be sustained for more than 10 minutes.

Can your baby control his small muscles? For example, can he hold a pen correctly?

When the TV or radio plays nice music, check whether the baby has a sense of rhythm and can hum by himself after listening to it several times.

Does your baby show a tendency to like playing the piano? For example, he may imitate the postures of adults when playing, sing while playing, or often play a few notes on the piano by himself.

Is your baby often curious about new things, especially music, and often asks questions to his parents?

Do you and your family have time to practice piano with your baby? You can practice piano with him at least 5 times a week.