The emotional benefits music and movement have on a preschool child include providing a means of communication and expression. Music and movement serve as an individual emotional release, strengthen self-confidence and teach an appreciation for individual talents and abilities. Music and movement lessons in preschool also increase self-understanding in the student.
Music and movement activities help develop and promote critical thinking in a preschooler. They enhance the ability to differentiate sounds and audio volume. While illustrating cause and effect outcomes, they also help a preschooler learn techniques in problem-solving and decision-making. Music and movement activities have also been shown to aid in the development of math concepts.
The benefits to physical health of daily music and movement lessons include assisting in the development of physical coordination. While helping to define fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination, lessons of music and movement also teach a young child body awareness. These lessons can help develop regulation in breathing and self-relaxation techniques at a young age.
By having an allotted daily allowance of time scheduled for music and movement, a teacher can bring a sense of balance to classroom activities and curriculum. Children at a young age need outlets for physical energy, which be effectively channeled during these times. Dancing and making music helps relieve stress and excessive energy in a young child, and as such is beneficial to the child, the classroom and the parents.