Developing Your Child's Love To Learn Music

We all know that it isn't the easiest thing to get our children to enjoy learning. Music lessons are the same way. Learning an instrument is very beneficial for children (and everyone else), it helps develope focus, patience, builds self-confidence, and can be an excellent outlet. With all the benifits of learning music, you still want your children to enjoy it.

As a music teacher some of the things I do to help spark that love for music is letting my students take a part in picking out some of the music that they practice and perform. Although all my students still have the mandatory theory, technique, sight reading, and classical training; I also customize lessons and add music styles to the what my students are interested in. This helps keep an excitement for learning and an interest in what is going on in lessons.

Recitals are another way we help keep the passion going. Letting students help in the decision on what they would like to perform for recitals makes the recitals even more of a personal achievement for each student. It lets them express their interest to others and makes practice more enjoyable. It does not take away technique or level of learning. It helps advance students by giving them pieces that are harder then their level, but they enjoy practicing it that it helps improve their skill.

Also here at Tammie's Music Studio we believe that encouragement is the best way to achieve that passion for music in our students. We like to praise where it is earned and help improve what all needs to be worked on. After all, who likes to do something that they feel they are no good at, or they never measure up, or they will never achieve what is expected of them? If you mess up, it's ok, we'll try again. If you have a question, let me help you figure it out. Learning music is not as easy as it looks, but it should be fun! And that is what will make it not seem like work.

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