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.
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