Music teachers have stated that children who take lessons at five years old and do well tend to lose why they learned once they start school. They are not used to less practice time. Some music teachers have also found that children who had played well lost interest during ages 7-9. To avoid this--start music lessons at age 2-3. Then they will have enough under their belt before they start school to where their abilities won't "vanish" and they will have music for a larger part of their life so they won't "plateau" from ages 7-9.
Brain development is so important at a young age. If children take music lessons early on then their musical abilities will grow alongside with their brain. Their brain will know music which will cause music to become a comfort for the child. The child will begin to know and love music. I understand this is not the case for every child, just children who have some sort of musical talent inside of them.
Some mothers put headphones on their pregnant belly to invite their child to the music world very early. These children will get to experience the low murmur of music through their mother's belly. Then once they are born and they hear music in a clear tone they will familiarize with it.
Your blog is completely true! Through my experiences of teaching young children, I have seen the effort that the children put in, but it is equally as important for the parents to be following right behind, making sure that the child practices properly. It is especially difficult for very young children, ages 2-5, when they are in the "silly tantrum" stage.
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