GENERAL BENEFITS OF PIANO LESSONS
PHYSICAL Coordination of mind and muscle Improved hand-eye coordination Development of fine motor skills		SOCIAL Shared activity and communication Performing for an audience Music is an international language
MENTAL Encourages creativity Concentration and focus Use of left and right brain Intellectual stimulation Self control		EMOTIONAL Aesthetic appreciation Emotional expression Self-confidence Feeling of accomplishment Spiritual experience
ORGANIZATION SKILLS How to organize tasks Time-management

As a parent, you only have a short amount of time to influence and mold your children in a positive way for the future. Piano lessons can be your greatest gift to your children!

THE SCIENTIFIC BENEFITS OF PIANO LESSONS FOR CHILDREN

1. Psychologists Dr. Gordon Shaw & Dr. Frances Rauscher at UC Irvine found that after giving 19 preschoolers piano lessons (2/19/1996 issue of Newsweek) the children's "spatial reasoning had dramatically improved" (compared with children who hadn't received music lessons)

2. Piano instruction is far superior to computer instruction in dramatically enhancing children’s abstract reasoning skills necessary for learning math and science (Feb. 1997 issue of Neurological Research)

3. Overall, the children who received the piano/keyboard training performed 34% higher on test measuring spatial-temporal ability. Obviously, music enhances brain functions needed for mathematics, science, and engineering.

4. The piano is the "educational tool" that can help accelerate a child's development.

5. Piano lessons teach children 3 qualities that enable them to achieve their full potential
   concentration
   coordination
   confidence
   

6. In lessons, a child learns to
   read two lines of music
   uses both ears, arms, legs, feet and all ten fingers with the brain sending a different message to each of the body parts, causing them to work together
   develop coordination of the mind and muscles
   No other activity allows these skills to be used so constructively!

7. Skills transferring into many daily activities, and can improve
   hand-eye coordination
   greater sports enjoyment
   fuller use of both sides of the brain
   

8. Allows child to feel sense of accomplishment.

9. Piano Project at Davis Elementary of Greenwood, Mississippi in 1991
   Piano lessons given to 12-15 students once a week showed increases in SAT scores in both reading and especially math
   Without lessons, where was only a marginal increase in both
   Think of this: with private one-on-one lessons, the results would probably be even better!
   

10. Students with music backgrounds have consistently exceeded the national average on SAT scores by 19-31 points on the verbal portion and 14-23 points on the math portion, according to the College Entrance Examination Board.

11. The investment you make now can translate into scholarship money later because of the higher SAT scores, saving you money in the long run.