Tuesday 20 December 2011

Finding the Right Piano Teacher

Piano Playing is a very fun activity for your kids to enjoy. It can really build their musical interest in such a young age and the known benefits are endless.

According to a blog post I read recently, children who are introduced and started
piano lessons at a young age shows higher self-esteem and are unlikely to get any degenerative mental diseases such as Alzheimers disease. Piano playing stimulates the mind and keeps it mentally active.

You can give
piano lessons for children even at the age of three, but it requires a really great, patient piano teacher. Children this young and a little older have really short attention spans. A piano teacher must give piano lessons for a toddler in around 15 minutes or less. Ages between six to 10 years old are the best ages to teach children how to play the piano. Children around these ages are curious and have an unlimited supply of energy.

Here are some tips on finding the right
piano teacher for your kids:

1. Not because the teachers are inexpensive doesn’t mean they’re capable of teaching your kids. Find a piano teacher with an excellent background of piano teaching with kids and a great music background. You don’t want to be a guinea pig for a new piano teacher, don’t you?

2. Private piano lessons or class lessons. Depends on you actually. Some parents prefer private piano lessons for kids because the piano instructor can really focus on the kid’s lessons.

3. Patience is a virtue. Very true especially when they’re teaching kids.

4. What kind of teaching style do they have? Piano teachers are more inclined to teaching classical piano music but some also offers jazz lessons.

5. Recitals. It’s better if the piano teacher
also have piano recitals. It helps the children get more confidence and know how to perform in front of an audience so they won’t have and piano anxiety attacks.

But the best way to teach your kids is if you are also active on the music lessons
. It helps you understand your kids more and bond with them.
Resource: Play Piano - When Should You Start Learning Piano

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