The joy of self-motivated learning begins when your child first says" let me do it myself" and hopefully this attitude will continue to lead your child into new adventures in learning.
We're a very musical family — with me being a piano teacher and my husband a music minister — so my children have been around music since before they were born. It's little wonder that they've developed a love for music themselves. But it's still amazingly awesome to see a genuine eagerness to learn more about music, as Joely has been demonstrating in the last few months.
Joely loves to play on the piano, and has always been drawn to it from a very young age. Recently she's been taking practicing a bit more seriously and decided she wanted to learn a particular song, "O, How I Love Jesus." She spent hours practicing the music, and with only a little help from me (usually shouting from the living room that she was hitting a wrong note) she finally learned it.
I love to hear her play! It's music to my ears and it's definitely a Finer Thing!
My joy is that Joely is a self-motivated learner but her joy is in the accomplishment of a task well done. A real self confidence booster.
She sounds great! My sister is the piano player in our family and my grandmother. I was flute, my husband was trumpet. My daughter would love to learn piano and my son wants to play guitar. They are 6 years old. I just wonder if I should wait or set up lessons with a friend just so they can play around with it?
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@Rana, As a piano teacher, I usually don't take students earlier than 7 years old or so, simply because I prefer to have their hand-eye coordination a bit more developed, as well as their reading skills. However, I myself started lessons at age five, and I have had other younger students take lessons before and do very well.
For your daughter who wants to take piano, I'd say go for it! Have her take pressure-free lessons and see how she takes to it. If she struggles, don't worry about it; just try again later.
Guitar, on the other hand, requires a lot more coordination right off the bat. Not to say that a 6-year-old can't do it, but he might get pretty frustrated at first. You might consider holding off a bit on guitar for him. If he's up to taking piano, though, have him give it a try too. He can learn to read music through piano lessons, which will give him a head start when he does take guitar.
Just my suggestions 🙂
That is precious! Makes me cry that I don't still play… we MUST get a piano soon.
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As a former piano teacher, I love watching children develop their musical talent and their love for music! What a blessing for you as a mom!
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