Music for children’s parties
Music plays an important part in our lives. As we grow up, our taste in music changes. One of the biggest reasons behind this is that our emotions develop over time, and it’s in our nature that show emotions through the music we listen. The most basic example of this is that when we’re sad, the music that we listen to will be more depressing compared to when we are happy, the music will be more upbeat and happier. That is the reasoning behind why we listen to certain types of music, so how does music affect the development of our children?
How is Music Beneficial to Child Development?
Music plays a key part in the development of a child. In general, it has an impact on how both their body and their mind cooperate. On a more technical scale, music improves:
- Intellectual levels of a children
- Their social skills
- Vocal works such as improving their vocabulary and learning how words are pronounced etc.
- Motor skill development
- Their ability to show their emotions physically, through dancing
Introducing a child to music early on will begin having a subtly positive impact on their development as well as help them express themselves in the future.
Music Between Stages
As I said earlier, music affects us all at different ways. As we grow, it affects us in different ways. Here are some of the different ways that music affects us throughout our lives in order for you to get a better understanding.
Babies. If we think of music in babies, the first things that come to mind are parents quietly humming to the baby to go sleep, or toys which produce quiet and soothing melodies to assist babies in sleeping. While some toys or parents sing too, babies don’t understand words as much as they do melodies.
Toddlers. Toddlers are a lot more energetic than babies. Toddlers have just learnt to walk, which means they are able to dance to all of their favourite melodies and songs that they heard in the past. This is a big moment to note in “how music affects the development as a child”. When a toddler first starts dancing to music, this is the first time that they are expressing themselves through music.
Pre-Schoolers. Pre-schoolers are also a lot more energetic, similar to toddlers. Just like how toddlers have just learnt to walk around and have been able to dance, similarly pre-schoolers have recently begun to speak and are therefore able to sing along to the music that they hear.
Children. Children are slightly different to toddlers and pre-schoolers. While toddlers and pre-schoolers are learning and filling up with energy that they can use to express themselves through music, children will begin listening to real music rather than melodies and rhymes. While they might not get up and dance as much as they did as a toddler, you’ll find that they’ll be singing along to the radio and enjoying real music a lot more than they did before.
Teenagers. More than other age groups, teenagers use their music to express themselves to everyone around them. As we all know, teenagers are more rebellious as they begin to step into adult-hood and feel as though the only person in charge of them is themselves. Along with this, they begin to lose care for a lot of things, including how they come across to others, this includes their music. While they change their clothing to suit their personality, they show off their music tastes. Teenagers listen to the music that they like, and they don’t care if someone doesn’t like it.
As you can see, each stage is fairly different, but it clearly shows how music develops through the different stages of their life.
To find out more about William’s shows and how he incorporates music into them to make them highly engaging and fun, please do not hesitate to contact him on 07934 856 696 or email him on magic@williamthewizard.co.uk