{"id":38258,"date":"2014-08-11T07:28:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T07:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=38258"},"modified":"2014-08-11T07:28:43","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T07:28:43","slug":"music-lessons-can-close-reading-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/08\/music-lessons-can-close-reading-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"Music lessons can close reading gap"},"content":{"rendered":"
Learning to sing or play a musical instrument can help disadvantaged children improve their reading skills, US research suggests.<\/p>\n
After a year of music lessons, the reading scores of nine and 10-year-olds held steady compared to a dip seen in those who were not taught any music.<\/p>\n
Another group of musically-trained children were found to be better at processing sounds and language.<\/p>\n
The research is being presented to the American Psychological Association.<\/p>\n