The Benefit of Music in the Early Years
Songs and nursery rhymes put a smile on little one’s faces and having a boogie is fun but does music play a greater purpose? It turns out music in the early years improve’s children’s language development and help create the foundations for future reading by improving their phonological awareness.

Active Music Classes in Infancy Enhance Musical, Communicative and Social Development
Gerry, D., Unrau, A., Trainor, L. J.
2012

Born to Speak and Sing: Musical Predictors of Language Development in Pre-schoolers
Politimou, N., Bella, S. D., Farrugia, N., & Franco, F.
2019

Relations Among Musical Skills, Phonological Processing, and Early Reading Ability in Preschool Children
Anvari, S. H., Trainor, L. J., Woodside, J & Levy, B. A
2002