https://www.thenaturalhomeschool.com/5-benefits-of-children-learning-a-musical-instrument.html Living and learning the natural way Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:22:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://www.thenaturalhomeschool.com/5-benefits-of-children-learning-a-musical-instrument.html#comment-88675 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:22:12 +0000 https://www.thenaturalhomeschool.com/?p=60297#comment-88675 This is so true. My autistic son a few months ago just decided that he wanted to learn guitar, not initiated by me, but very much encouraged as a good idea. I play and have offered him help, which I’ve done a little of, but he is most happy in his room, on his own, face down into the guitar, tongue out, looking at his fingers working the strings and chords.
It is fantastic more than anything to see his motivation, determination and gradual improvement

]]> https://www.thenaturalhomeschool.com/5-benefits-of-children-learning-a-musical-instrument.html#comment-88030 Sun, 05 Feb 2023 14:38:54 +0000 https://www.thenaturalhomeschool.com/?p=60297#comment-88030 Learning a musical instrument has been proven to increase intelligence and intra-brain integration. My son has just started to learn the guitar, which I’m so pleased about. It is such a social instrument because a guitar can often be found at many other places, other peoples’ houses etc, making it a social point of reference to randomly pick up and play an few songs together. This is so powerful for him to over come social awkwardness due to his autism – being autistic he often otherwise struggles to make conversation, so hopefully this will help more and more

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