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Music is an essential element in babies learning and development. Babies are musical beings and are fascinated by music from birth. Research has shown that music played to a child while still in the womb has a beneficial effect on the child's brain and helps to lay the foundation of later learning, music ability and language development. Music helps to relax you and your baby and can improve your baby's memory development and sensory coordination.

Babies enjoy experiencing music and movement together. Teach songs with actions and encourage your baby to dance along to the music. Movement helps babies learn balance, coordination, body awareness and rhythm. Getting your baby to play an instrument will help with her creative development and help develop her fine motor skills. Music can also be a fun, special time to share with your baby.

There are many benefits of surrounding your baby with music. Music assists in the development of speech. Singing nursery rhymes and simple songs teaches a baby how language is constructed and assists with the acquisition of language. Singing songs with babies will also teach them about tone, beat and rhythm.

Having a few CDs with a variety of children's songs will keep parents and babies amused. Babies will quickly pick up nursery rhymes and repetitive tunes and be singing along before you know it.

Including music as a routine part of your day will have many positive effects on your baby. Babies can be settled to sleep with music. A song sung by a parent or played on a CD routinely prior to sleep time can help to establish a good bedtime routine for babies.

Music can be effective in keeping babies entertained in the car on long trips. Ensure you have a variety of CDs. You can never have enough of them as parents quickly get bored by the same tunes playing over and over and over again.

If you play an instrument, learn a few nursery thymes to play and sing along with your baby. You will take pleasure in watching him dancing along to your tunes. The whole family can join in and enjoy the experience. If you don't play an instrument think about learning to play the guitar, it is relatively easy and the whole family will enjoy it for years to come.