"Baby Einstein"

Hello all! I hope that everyone has had a fabulous week! I know I did on the beach soaking up some of those beautiful Texas rays! Last week we talked about some of the music that is popular to the Caribbean and tropical places and this week we are going to go in a completely different direction. We all know that music puts us in great moods or even just helps us to feel out the mood we are in, but resent findings have suggested that music can do more than even that. Some people believe that music can actually have positive effects academically on children both before they are born and in their early years.
Research has recently bubbled up that music is great for brain development. When an infant is first born the baby goes through some of the fastest growth he or she will ever complete in their entire life. While going through this vast and quick change music has proved to be a great aid. Nothing stimulates or activates the brain and its functions more than music does, says research Donald Hodges. Will just plain listening to music make one smarter? No, just by simply listening to a piece by Beethoven your IQ will not jump, however surrounding yourself with enriching elements can only help you. When we place ourselves in a world that forces us to take a deeper look or study something that much harder we are doing ourselves a favor. Every time our brain makes a connection is a time when our brain develops in a new way that was not there before. Music makes this possible. Often times music helps us to make a connection or stimulate the mind that it was not stimulated before. Music stimulates not just one region of the brain, but many. Both the mathematical and linguistics part of the brain show signs of stimulation and growth when listening to music. It strikes a nerve within us and sometimes it cannot be explained; yet it happens. Music has been known to work miracles, often times it can completely change the personality of a child. Once shy and meek often changes after a few sessions with classical music, it can break that shell and move to outgoing and forthright. Music is often times said to touch people in ways that strictly words cannot, and I believe that with every fiber of my being. Music can be the key to somone’s soul, and should be treated as such. If it can reach a sick man in a hospital I’m sure it can reach a child at an academic level.
There are many discrepancies as to whether or not this research is true, however, I choose to believe that music is one of the most influential powers on this planet. It might not be able to move mountains, but I do believe it has the power to reach a child.