Music, an extremely broad concept, plays an increasingly vital role in modern society and most people today experience music unconsciously. For example, when we walk down the street, we will not only see people listening to their music through all kinds of portable music players, but we will also hear people humming their favorite songs. When night comes, young people usually go to concerts, while middle-aged people tend to choose the symphony and opera. All the things mentioned above seem like nothing more than entertainment. Does music exist just to please people? Apparently, the answer is no. In fact, music also brings many significant benefits to people. Therefore, music education is crucial for us, especially in our early development, and should be part of every child's education. I think that music education can bring us three benefits: improving children's memory, enriching their imagination and improving academic performance. Humans begin to learn many basic survival skills after birth. This requires people to acquire strong, stable and rapid memory skills. Therefore, children's growing memorization ability is an indispensable part of their cognitive development. Research shows that memory development in children becomes evident within the first 2 to 3 years of life as they show significant progress in memory, and this improvement continues into adolescence (Siegler). Therefore, we must find a way to help children develop adequate memory skills. Music education is a great choice, and scientists have evidence to support the hypothesis that music can improve human memory skills. Based on the results of a study conducted by Dr. Agnes Chan, a psychologist at the Chinese University of ...... middle of paper ......org/pdf/music-training-improves-verbal-but-not -explorations -cross-sectional-and-longitudinal-views-of-visual-memory-in-children>Graziano, AB, Peterson M., and Shaw GL "Enhanced learning of proportional mathematics through musical training and spatiotemporal training." Neurological Research 21.Web. March 15, 2012.139-152. Web. Siegler, R. S. (1998). Children's thinking. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Electronic book. “Sound”. Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, February 5, 2012. Web. March 15, 2012 < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound>The College Board. Profile of the National Report on College-Enrolled Seniors for 2000, 2001, and 2002. Web.Yeung, Ka-ching. “The Mozart effect”. nd Web. 11 March 2012.Note/The%20Mozart%20Effect.htm>