@incollection{discovery10142712,
            year = {2022},
          editor = {Mary Nolan and Shona Gore},
           month = {September},
         address = {Abingdon, UK},
            note = {This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.},
       publisher = {Routledge},
           title = {The Musical Key to Babies' Cognitive and Social Development},
           pages = {66--74},
       booktitle = {Contemporary Issues in Perinatal Education: Knowledge into Practice},
             url = {https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003223771},
          author = {Welch, Graham F.},
        abstract = {In today's world, filled with myriad parenting methods and high-tech toys that promise to enhance infant development, it is easy to overlook how fundamental is the time-honoured practice of music for all children - starting pre-birth. This chapter explores the idea that music is crucial for babies in every developmental sense: with regards to communication and language, emotional and social well-being, and even motor skills. But it is only relatively recently that science has begun to elaborate in more detail the true extent of its significance.}
}