At one North Texas preschool, the sweetest sounds of the season aren't just coming from holiday concerts. They're also coming from the tiniest hands discovering music for the very first time.

Inside The Learning Experience in Denton, children as young as a few months old are exploring rhythm, sound and creativity through a new enrichment offering called Little Musicians. And teachers, parents and researchers agree: the benefits go far beyond learning a song.

Before many of these little ones can speak in full sentences or identify letters, they're already tapping xylophones, shaking bells and softly singing along to familiar tunes.

Parent Callie Sawyer has watched both of her children connect with music before they turned one.

"My daughter Charlie started when she was two months old. My

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