Casio – Stimulus to my kid’s Development
I am a Bengali and Bengali parents love training their kids in the creative field. Music lessons, dance lessons, art lessons were all part of my childhood journey. While I enjoyed singing and learning to play the harmonium, I never liked the part about sitting down quietly while playing the same. I could have never imagined that I could achieve any certification in the music field but my mother who was also my teacher encouraged me at every step.
Time has flown so quickly and now I am donning the hat of a wife and a mother. It is a dual responsibility and I try my level best to fulfill the same with utmost care and love. Being a parent, you need to always observe the likes and dislikes of your child so that you can help them when they are growing up. When my daughter was around two and a half years old, I heard her humming a nursery rhyme.
It was a great moment for me and I immediately asked my husband if we could enroll her for music classes. He knows that I have taken preliminary musical training and hence encouraged me to take up the responsibility of teaching music to our daughter. Since I had lost touch with music, especially the keyboard which was an integral part of my childhood, I started re-learning the same. I would have lost touch with the Casio Mini Keyboard if not for my daughter.
This was the best thing that happened since along with singing rhymes, my daughter also learned to play the keyboard from a very young age. Now, she is six years old and I teach her music in an incremental fashion so that she enjoys as well as learns music.
Phonological awareness – A basic part of language skill?
While I did know the ability of music to improve the understanding of phonetics, it was when my daughter started reading early; I realized the role it has played in her language and vocabulary development. Research says that teaching music helps children learn faster. Maximum age of
brain plasticity is first 1000 days of life (around three years). But the sensitivity of the brain to
learn from listening to music may stay up to the age of 11 years.
Musical Keyboard – More than just a Keyboard
Keyboard training not only became a source of joy and creativity, but it also made my daughter more confident and helped in maintaining brain plasticity.
Many areas of our brain need to work together to understand and reproduce
music and this is what I saw when I started playing music with my daughter. Learning to play the keyboard helped in improving her cognitive skills. Music also helped in the development of her primary language skills as well as second language reading and writing skills.
Some of the benefits of learning music at an early age were not known to us but the results started showing up with each passing day. Early music training developed her speech processing
skills, which in turn resulted in better phonological perception and improved reading skills.
How did my daughter learn to play the Casio Mini keyboard?
- The Piano Apps on her tablet
- Instructional DVDs
- YouTube videos.
Takeaway:
We could see the necessary results since we made music learning fun. In a nutshell, music is not only a source of joy but something that helps in the improvement of your child’s cognitive reserve. To achieve these amazing results, you need to actively participate daily for a few minutes and then your daughter would keep on practicing on her own.
Looking back, I realize that the important decision of buying a musical instrument, specifically the Casio Mini Keyboard changed our lives as well as my daughter’s life forever. I am sure that when she grows up, she would fondly remember the days that she spent on the keyboard and I would remember the keyboard as a stimulus to my daughter’s overall development.
I’ve always believed every kid is born with some creative genius. I’ve enrolled my daughter into singing classes and son for guitar.
Music is a great way to boost cognitive health in kids. Casio is an eternal favourite with children all around.
Its so important for kids to develop their music sense more for their personal development. Kids tend to use music as a way of expression and i think a keyboard is wonderful for them to express. My daughter is learning the keyboard too.
Casio Mini keyboard sounds like a great option for kids. I have been trying to know if music interests my son, though he is just 3.5 now, but knowing the immense positive implications of music I would like to see him involved.
That’s a great way to bond with your child and I’m glad you could also get back in touch with your base to this I love reading this post thank you for the insightful post
I agree that music plays a major role in cognitive development of children. I have seen actually we all have seen how quickly even our brains react to rhythms and rhymes so it it goes without children are no different .I would love to give this one
Music plays imp role in child’s mental development. Love to see your cutie pie with this mini piano. Hope it was a fun time for her!
for me music is a stress buster and to indulge kids in an activity like this, does not just boost their mental development but also over all development. with this, they also stay away from unnecessary gadget use.
It’s so so derful to see your daughter There is a definite link to development and music. Great to read more about it
It’s so wonderful to see your daughter. Loved reading about the link between music and child development … And specially about the bond you share due to the love for music.
A mom daughter relationship is more enhanced when it’s with music. Leaning music together connects so many pure souls.
That’s a good way for sure to instill creativity. Glad she is learning.
I think it’s a great idea. My daughter learned the keyboard when she was in primary school but unfortunately did not pursue it. I’m trying to encourage my son to learn the guitar. I am now trying to learn the keyboard and it is great fun – of course I just play by ear.
Interesting to read this post. My son too loves playing Casio. Your pointers and insights of benefits of music is very useful.
It is a great post. I had brought a Casio for my daughter. Unfortunately, she did not show much interest. It is important to know one activity outside curriculum, that may be very useful in later life.
I wish I had known, especially, of the link between music and mathematics. I was not brought up in a musical family but my husband’s father was a professional musician. He had hoped to connect with my son musically when my son was a bit older, but died before he could do so. I wish this kind of keyboard had been around 25 years ago, but applaud you for exposing your daughter to music.
very creative post