How Music Lessons Can Transform the Lives of Children with ADHD

The healing power of music and its effect on the brain is now well-documented and accepted by the scientific community. Our ancestors understood the power of music through rituals and songs, and today, we have solid evidence of how music lessons can transform the lives of Children with ADHD, shape their character, and even support them with daily tasks and getting great academic results.

It is estimated that there is a total of 2.6 million people with ADHD in the UK, over 700,000 of which are children. With the number ever-growing and the struggles of parents to support their children, there’s a need to double down on the benefit of music for the ADHD brain and how playing an instrument could regulate your child’s focus and emotion.

Music Increases Focus, Memory and The Willingness to Complete Tasks

Research suggests that children with ADHD are deficient in certain neurotransmitters, making it harder for them to stay focused, build new habits quickly, or give up on old ones. While it’s true that your highly intelligent child can complete specific tasks quicker or better than their peers, completing other tasks can be daunting. 

Learning a musical instrument plays a massive role in increasing focus and the needed push to complete tasks, as it promotes building these neurotransmitters. Your child does not need to become a full-time musician or sacrifice his efforts in school to learn the instrument – in fact, the more time they spend practising, the more likely they will be driven to complete tasks they would previously never finish.

Music is proven to boost the academic results of children, and this is especially true for those who have trouble focusing, following instructions and a set routine. 

Music Helps Your Child Regulate Their Emotions

ADHD in children can often lead to challenges with managing emotions and hyperactivity. Music lessons help to calm this distress, allowing the brain to become more engaged and effective. You have surely noticed how playing music in the background helps focus on your child; learning an instrument takes one step further.

Music lessons can transform the lives of children with ADHD by giving them the necessary tools to calm down and self-regulate in situations where they usually wouldn’t.

Music Lessons Instill the Discipline Your Child Might Lack

It’s hard for children with ADHD to follow a set daily routine. Yet, if this is tied to a pleasurable activity like singing or playing an instrument, our 15 years of experience have proved that even the most disorganised child makes an effort and eventually settles on a practice and playing routine.

The effect then slips into their daily tasks at home or school.

What Can You Do To Support Your Child?

There are multiple ways you can use music to help your child:

1. Play music every day in the house until you understand what kind of music motivates them.
2. Take them to shows and concerts.
3. Sing with them at home or play music if you can play an instrument.

Finally, the most effective way to support them, build life-long skills, and tackle ADHD is to sign them up for music lessons with a teacher who specialises in nurturing their talent and adapting to their learning style.

Our philosophy at Stage Talent centres on using music to build character and develop a child’s all-around ability to succeed in life. As such, every child undergoes an assessment lesson before joining our Academy. The assessment helps us determine the best teaching approach for them and provides you with a detailed report on your child’s musical aptitude.

Sign up HERE, and don’t miss the opportunity to gift them the life skills and support that only music can provide.

References

SourcesADHD UK. (n.d.). About ADHD.
Edge Foundation. (n.d.). Music to soothe the ADHD brain.
Silver, L. (2024, April 8). ADHD neuroscience 101. ADDitude Magazine.