In this video I explore the deficiencies of products claiming to help teach young babies about music by focusing on popular musical toys and youtube channels. Along the way I make reference to two brain development studies and one interesting experiment by the well known YouTuber, Rick Beato.
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Related Material:
A decent book on the subject, written for non-musicians
https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/pages/american-academy-of-pediatrics-announces-new-recommendations-for-childrens-media-use.aspx
Fascinating talk about how children learn language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2XBIkHW954
Related Articles
https://www.wired.com/2011/10/infant-tv-guidelines/
http://www.brillkids.com/media/ebooks/ebook-teaching-your-young-child-music.pdf
The Brahms Lullaby on Three Row Melodeon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLCeLuu1p3c
An app founded by Rick Beato which delivers playlists chosen to develop babies’ musical ears
https://www.nuryl.com/
Talks
Improving early child development with words - Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald
https://youtu.be/y8qc8Aa3weE?t=8m18s
The linguistic genius of babies - Patricia Kuhl
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Note: if you hadn't already guessed, the video of the baby playing guitar isn't real!