Music Lessons Make Kids Smarter

Now that summer is here I am considering putting the two youngest kinds into some kind of lesson type activity. I thought about a sport but we live in the scorching desert and the last thing they want to do in the middle is summer is be outside running and jumping and hooping it up. Then I considered dance lessons but they are expensive and time consuming. I think I have decided on music. Violin for Ms. Brainiac and piano lessons for Ms. Sarcastic. She has the perfect hands for piano and she has a pretty good ear for tone as well. I read an article that said kids who learn to play a musical instrument before they are twelve have a marked increase in learning capabilities and retention of information. That seals the deal for me.