The music advantage : how music helps your child develop, learn, and thrive / Dr. Anita Collins.

"A TarcherPerigee book."

"First published in Australia in 2020 by Allen & Unwin" -- Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From birth to big school, 0 to 5 years. A window to the world: how your baby hears music in everything - The power of lullaby: why your baby responds to music - The endless song: why your toddler just won't stop singing - Beat baby: how your toddler connects beat to body - I see, I say: getting your child ready to read with music - School ready: how music helps children prepare for big school - The first few years of school, 5 to 7 years. The music of language: an overlapping network - Connecting the dots: why keeping a beat is viral for reading - The social soup: how music helps your child learn control - Sound symbols: why reading words is a process of reading music - Just pay attention: how music stretches each child's attention span - Comfortable with discomfort: how music teaches your child to love frustration - Spring-cleaning your brain: how music helps brain wiring - Bridging the gap between childhood and teenagers, 9 to 12-14 years. Confidence is king: how music feeds self-confidence - Wrong more than right: how music teaches persistence - Born leader: how music brings out leadership in children - I do, I understand: how music supercharges your child's memory - Almost a grown-up, 12-14 years to adult. Managing it all: how music helps children with balance - Seeking out the new: how music teaches children to create and innovate - Calm thyself: using music to enhance study and manage stress - Beyond school: how music learning is the gift that keeps on giving.

"An expert in cognitive development and music education reveals the remarkable and surprising benefits that playing--or even appreciating--music offers to children"--