When your child is born, he or she explores his or her surroundings and sees a world full of possibilities. It doesn’t matter if you buy him the latest toy on the market because maybe he can spend hours entertaining himself with a few keys or a paper or pencil to draw with. In that sense, arts and creativity play a key role in education, even if sometimes it is not given the importance it deserves. Who hasn’t grown up thanks to the songs of grandparents and neighbors? Music has always been closely linked to family and life. Remember the music of that end-of-year dance? or the lullaby they sang to you as a child? It was probably your grandparents, your mother, your father or an older brother who played that tune non-stop. Today it seems that social networks and technologies are the ones that make that decision, and yet an emotional accompaniment is necessary because music is a language that we use to interact with the world around us, and like spoken language, it moves our thinking and helps us to understand and create. It is one more way of communication that makes it easier for us to speak and express our emotions, who we are, and that provides us with great emotional well-being. Precisely for this reason, we love the idea of offering music for the family in our Folk Camp because we believe that music is ageless and everyone can enjoy it. Parents or relatives who accompany the babies and children introduce them to the listening and understanding of our musical language through singing and movement. It is easy to understand when we think of the way we teach how to speak. No one is afraid to babble and then say the word “mom”. And when the time comes, we speak, read and write what we already know. The process of learning musical language is the same.
For us, the use of music is a social way to foster relationships and communication.
What are the benefits of learning music?
– The development of musical intelligence because we are able to think about music with understanding even when music is not present.
– Cognitive development. Before the age of 7 the brain is in a particularly sensitive stage of development and music favors the neuronal connection, contributes to the capacity of listening, memory and attention.
– It stimulates language. By experiencing the rhythms of melodies, patterns of language can be detected and predicted.
– It develops non-verbal communication strategies that improve relationships and family atmosphere.
– Reduces stress and improves mood.
– Develops motor skills and muscles
