But the song’s ubiquity, and inanity, raises an important question: Why do children love such terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad music? I’ve started to think of such songs as junk food, ...

All the children who took part in the study had typical school group music lessons, but half of them had also chosen to learn an instrument individually for the first time that year. The results ...

One of Ferragame's recurring music classes incorporates small children and their parents. Through the power of her original music, she helps them learn social skills and positive values.

The longitudinal studies, which followed groups of children over time, showed a more modest but still significant effect size of 0.36. Music training has shown more effectiveness than other ...