The theory of multiple intelligences believes that musical intelligence is the earliest to appear among human individual talents. Moreover, childhood is a decisive period for the development of a person's musical intelligence. Especially 3-5 years old is a critical period for developing children's sensitivity to rhythm and tone. Therefore, cultivating children's musical intelligence from an early age is not only conducive to children's learning and intellectual development, but is also a requirement for them to obtain wonderful life scenery in their future life. Musical intelligence refers to the ability to detect, discern, change and express music; this intelligence includes sensitivity to rhythm, pitch, melody or timbre.

Musical intelligence is not as indispensable to human development as linguistic or logical-mathematical intelligence. However, as a comprehensively developed person, one needs to use music as a means to cultivate the beauty (harmony and unity) of the soul. Cultivating children's musical intelligence can exercise their interest and appreciation of music, cultivate their emotions, stimulate creativity, and achieve healthy and harmonious development of body and mind.

In addition, music can exercise one's thinking. We can often find in people who have learned musical instruments since childhood that their minds react faster and have higher understanding. This is because children who learn musical instruments from an early age begin to practice attention distribution, hand-eye coordination and reaction, and even memory through reading music.

Representative figures and suitable occupations

People with strong musical intelligence are suitable for choosing careers such as tuners, conductors, composers, musicians, singers, and music critics. Music master Beethoven, tenor singer Domingo, and famous Chinese conductor Cao Peng are all representatives with strong musical intelligence.

To improve children’s musical intelligence, you might as well start from the following aspects:

Listen and sing simple nursery rhymes

It is a child’s nature to like to sing and dance, so you might as well Choose some lively and cheerful nursery rhymes with simple and easy-to-understand lyrics for your children, and often take them to listen, sing, and dance. At the same time, guide your children to pay attention to the rhythm, timbre, ups and downs of the melody, and the mood of the music. Let children like music and experience music with happy emotions.

Background music

Different from actively experiencing music previously, this refers to making music become part of the surrounding environment, for example, when getting up in the morning, when eating, or when playing. Play some music, let the children be in the music environment, absorb the elements of music unconsciously, and enhance their sense of music. Sometimes, playing background music can also achieve some special purposes. When children are overly excited, soothing music can help stabilize their mood; when children are drowsy in the afternoon, upbeat music can cheer them up.

Games

Many children like to play music games. For example, knocking bowls and basins, stamping feet and clapping hands; dad claps his hands to create a rhythm and let the children imitate it. You can also let the children be the demonstrators and test dad and mom with their own invented rhythms. Put different amounts of beans or pebbles in the can and shake it rhythmically, either lightly or heavily, slowly or quickly. With one per person, a family can have a "maracas" family concert.

Musical Instruments

Learning musical instruments requires hand-eye coordination and division of labor, which is also helpful in promoting children's intelligence training in other aspects. However, children under 4 years old may have difficulty learning musical instruments because their small muscles are not fully developed. In addition, young children are not focused enough and like to play. Boring and monotonous learning of musical instruments is a painful process for them and may cause them to feel bored. Therefore, it is best to learn musical instruments when children are young. Do it after 4 years old.

Various concerts

It is important to have a strong musical atmosphere in the family. It is also a good way to take children to participate in various music activities and enter the palace of art. Concerts, ballets, operas, various concerts and various music activities are all available for children to participate in, allowing children to receive the influence of art. These activities can cultivate children's sense of music and rhythm, especially improve children's musical literacy, cultivate aesthetic sentiment, and broaden their artistic horizons.

Special reminder:

Currently, more and more parents require their children to learn musical instruments. We would like to remind those anxious parents: start by cultivating their children's interest in music and musical instruments, and do not force their children. Because not every child will be interested in music. If the child is not interested, blindly forcing it will only cause the child to be disgusted with music. Spending the same time and energy on activities they like and are good at may help them develop better.

There are many ways to cultivate children's musical intelligence, but one thing is crucial, and that is to create a relatively relaxed and free music atmosphere for children in the family. The famous American educator Bloom pointed out in his book "The Development of Talent in Early Childhood" that many of the talented pianists he studied did not come from musical families.

However, most of them have gentle, caring and supportive parents, and have a relaxed, free and enjoyable learning atmosphere