• Evidence suggests that young children who attend structured music classes reach above average attainment in all aspects of their development.
• It is an excellent way for parents and carers to bond with their children.
• It helps children to learn colours, numbers, and parts of the body, animals and objects.
• Appreciating good music is a wonderful social skill to learn.
• Taking part in musical activities helps build social skills such as sharing, taking turns and building self-confidence.

There is very strong evidence to suggest that children who regularly attend structured music classes from an early age, such as those offered by Musikskool, reach above average attainment in all aspects of their development right into adulthood.

Colourstrings, the teaching approach used in Musikskool classes, has been shown in academic studies to help develop concentration and memory skills, numeracy and language development. It also builds social skills such as sharing, taking turns, working with others and self-confidence.

The link between music and mathematics is well established.

We know that babies hear sounds in the womb and respond from birth to familiar music and sounds, such as their mother's voices. In fact, hearing and memory for sounds are among the first of the senses to develop.

Parents can bond with their young children through musical fun and games. This is clear both from research and from our own experiences of sharing nursery rhymes and lullabies with our parents and carers.

Singing and playing musical games also helps children to learn colours, numbers, parts of the body and to recognise the animals frequently used to illustrate the Colourstrings songs.

Making music is a social skill that will offer your children opportunities throughout their lives. Musikskool is a good place to start.