BY PROVIDING YOUR CHILD with the opportunity to listen to classical music regularly, you will be planting the seeds for a lifetime of musical enjoyment. The fact that you are also helping your child by laying the foundation for future intellectual development is icing on the cake. The latest research shows that listening to classical music influences the brain. Students who listened to classical music in music appreciation class scored significantly higher on SATs, and adults scored higher on an IQ test after listening to a Mozart sonata. Students who listened to classical music before studying retained information better.

Other research shows that the prime time for brain development is from birth to age 3. Give your baby a head start by using SmartPlay with Classical from birth or before. Continue to use this and other classical albums for children as they grow to help them develop their musical potential and improve their school performance.

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Notes about music and the brain

"Plato once said that music is 'a more potent instrument than any other for education.' Now scientists know why. Music, they believe, trains the brain for higher forms of thinking." Newsweek, 2/19/96

"…when children exercise cortical neurons by listening to classical music, they are also strengthening circuits…" University of California researchers, quoted in Newsweek, 11/19/96)

"A baby's first three years can determine his or her ability to learn for an entire lifetime…Toddlers who listen to classical music, for example, are using the same neural pathways that the brain will use later in processing mathematics." The Orlando Sentinel, 2/11/97

"…when children exercise cortical neurons by listening to classical music, they are also strengthening circuits…Music excites the inherent brain patterns and enhances their use in complex reasoning tasks…" Dr. Gordon Shaw, UC Irvine, Newsweek, 11/19/96

"The newborn brain is an opportunity not to be missed." Diane Sawyer, Prime Time Live

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