Stony Brook School of Music

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📚🎵 BRAIN SCIENCE: WHY MUSIC MAKES BETTER READERS 🎵📚

Did you know that learning to read and playing music share neurological highways in the brain?

New research reveals why musical kids often become stronger readers—they’re literally creating neural networks in the same areas of their brain that they often use for reading.
When children engage with music, they’re:

• Training their brains to distinguish between similar sounds (crucial for phonics!)

• Strengthening working memory (essential for comprehension!)

• Building rhythm perception (key for reading fluency!)

• Developing sustained attention (needed for longer texts!)

The science is clear: just 30 minutes of active music engagement 2-3 times weekly creates measurable changes in the reading brain. And the benefits are even stronger for kids with reading challenges, especially dyslexia.

So when your child is drumming, singing, or playing an instrument, they’re not just making music—they’re building their reading brain!

Ha!! 🤣😂🎶🎶🎶🎶

Sing your heart out!

Exactly, never forget this!! :-D (y)

Music Participation Is Linked to Teens' Academic Achievement Music students have higher academic exam scores than their non-musical peers.