The benefits of music class

Did you know there are several very important benefits to having a music focus time every week for your child?

1) Increased self-esteem. Children shine with confidence when given the chance to explore real instruments. They love it when they can put on a show for an audience, even for their friends!
2) Better grasp of math and science concepts. Piano training improved spatial temporal ability by 34% in a study of preschoolers.....yes preschoolers! (Neurological Research, Feb. 1998)
3) Scoring an average of 88 points higher on the SAT's (Music Educator's National Conference, 2001)
4) Increase in reading comprehension (Psychology of Music, July 2008)
5) Overall increase in academic performance from childhood to college and beyond (National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988, U.S. Dept. of Education)