Kids and Music

Ah the soothing sounds of Mozart....zzzzzzzzz

(Below— pictures taken from my Mother's first

grade class).
Today I collaborated with my mother who is a first grade teacher. We got talking about the effect of music on kids. She talked about playing different kinds of music for her first grade class. It's interesting how instantly they react to music she noted. When she puts on something calming like Mozart after recess they come in and they are generally more relaxed and more focussed. When she puts on something with a more upbeat and faster tempo they start dancing around and acting hyper. That's not to say that children shouldn't be exposed to all different kinds of music. I believe they should learn about all kinds of music and broaden their horizons, but music does have an impact depending on what they listen to.

I grew up listening to things like Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin, but not exactly by choice at first. My Mother listened to it. It wasn't until many years later when I discovered Vivaldi's Four Seasons that I fell in love with Classical music.