Studying music early leads to verbal fluency
Apr 13, 2026
Well, we all know this - but here's a quote from a Finnish book we loved. They do have the best education results in the world and generally speak between 3 to 5 languages fluently. Maybe it's all down to stuying music early on!!
"When children start studying music before the age of seven, they develop bigger vocabularies, a better sense of grammar and a higher verbal IQ. These advantages benefit both the development of their mother tongue and the learning of foreign languages." Liisa Henriksson-Macaulay is the author of The Music Miracle: The Scientific Secret to Unlocking Your Child's Full Potential
And what about the effects of drama, painting and all the other arts?
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