| The report, conducted by E. Glenn Schellenberg of | | | | for increased IQ effect, is that any music lessons |
| the University of Toronto at Mississauga, studied | | | | have many multidimensional facets involved in |
| the effects of music or voice lessons on young | | | | learning and getting mastery over them. Such as |
| children over a nine month period. He used four | | | | learning about chords, music interval, expressing |
| groups of 6-year-olds as part of his study, the | | | | emotion, memorizing. It is this multidimensional |
| first enrolled in weekly piano lessons, the second | | | | nature of music that exercises the kids brains. |
| group took vocal lessons, the third took a drama | | | | So if you start your kids into piano lessons now |
| class, and the fourth group was not enrolled in | | | | (it's never too late, but the sooner the easier it is |
| any extracurricular activities. All the music | | | | for your tots to grasp), you could see an extra |
| participants were taught at Canada's Royal | | | | growth in their thinking and reasoning skills by the |
| Conservatory of Music. | | | | beginning of next year. But don't just enroll them |
| Before the study began, all of the children had | | | | into any random music or piano class available |
| their IQs tested with a full three-hour intelligence | | | | around the corner of your street. |
| test. All of the students then began first grade, | | | | It is important to select a teacher for your |
| and the three designated groups started their | | | | children who will teach all the fundamental basics, |
| weekly lessons. At the end of the year, they all | | | | involving different facts of music theory and |
| took the exact same IQ test, however, the | | | | technique rather than someone who will simply |
| results that came out were nevertheless pretty | | | | teach them to play simple songs. |
| interesting. | | | | Helping them to consistently practice outside of |
| On average, all of the children experienced at | | | | piano lessons will also be important for the |
| least a 4.3 point increase in IQ, mainly due to the | | | | success of their skills and their growth in IQ. This |
| effects of their learning in school. The kids enrolled | | | | means instilling discipline in them and urging your |
| in drama class showed no statistical difference in | | | | kids to practice a different tune that they fancy. |
| improvement over those in no outside classes, | | | | Creativity blooms when you give them space. |
| but those in the music classes actually averaged | | | | Unfortunately, this IQ increasing effect does not |
| an extra increase of 2.7 points on average than | | | | work for adults, according to Schellenberg. It |
| the children in the other two groups. | | | | works best with young, growing, and |
| According to study author Schellenberg, what | | | | impressionable minds. So what better reason to |
| causes taking music lessons a motivating factor | | | | get your kids learning to play the piano right now! |