| Is there any other educational area where students | | | | schedule and curriculum, home school students can set |
| are taught only in a one-on-one situation, not really? | | | | their own pace and spend more time on music than in |
| In essence, this is what classical piano students do. It is | | | | the public or private schools. Music is even more fun |
| very important and monotonous for students who are | | | | when you can share it with others. Young children |
| learning to play the piano to practice everyday, this | | | | have the ability to learn music theory and are able to |
| takes discipline which you do not see in children or | | | | learn concepts on the keyboard as the children grow |
| parents. Both of these attitudes create artificial | | | | and develop their musical ear. |
| limitations for students that hinder their ability to grow | | | | If your children know their alphabet and how to identify |
| and develop musically. Here’s the message piano | | | | numbers and count, they’re old enough to start |
| students need to hear -- “Your effort matters and | | | | learning music theory. With the rise of the internet |
| it makes a difference. | | | | more adults have learned that taking piano lesson |
| However, about a third of parents do too much and | | | | does not have be taught in classrooms or studios it |
| try to take over responsibility for their child’s | | | | can be taught over the internet, this helps with |
| progress, which hinders their child’s ability to | | | | today’s busy schedules and adults do not have to |
| develop positive learning skills on their own. To help | | | | be locked into a schedule. |
| their children learn and accomplish their goals, parents | | | | Well, you might find this hard to believe, but |
| need to focus on the process and content of the | | | | encouraging your child taking piano lessons to practice |
| learning rather than the final product. What the young | | | | doesn’t have to be a struggle. They do want to be |
| student doesn’t understand is the piano learning | | | | sure, however, that their young child is old enough to |
| process. | | | | benefit from formal musical training. |
| Private lessons have good and bad connotation | | | | One of the choices that parents have when their child |
| associated with them, sometimes children create a | | | | is beginning piano lessons is whether to enroll their son |
| dependence on the teacher and it is hard for children | | | | or daughter in a private or group lesson. Over time this |
| to overcome this and children are not encouraged to | | | | will make sitting down at the piano to practice feel |
| develop their own independence when it comes to | | | | more natural to your young child or your older beginner |
| learning the necessary skills, on the other hand having | | | | and make learning easier. Establish a routine practice |
| the one on one teaching is very beneficial to the child | | | | time. |
| because more can get accomplished in a shorter | | | | Set meaningful goals that will last, focus on the |
| period of time. Plus, there is no point in having your child | | | | “What” and the “Why. Writing down the |
| spend 30 minutes practicing incorrectly without learning | | | | goals and dreams that first motivated you to give your |
| their pieces when the material can be mastered in 10 | | | | child the gift of piano lessons provides a reminder that |
| minutes with good practice habits. | | | | will keep your energy focused over the long term. |
| Because parents are in charge of their children’s | | | | |