Piano Pre-Skills - Giving Your Kids a Musical Head Start

Just as children need their parents to read to themEven if you don't play the piano, you are absolutely
and teach the alphabet, parents can also teach theirqualified to help your child get a great keyboard
young children the foundational "music Language" skillsfoundation at home.
for piano or keyboard. If you can teach your childWhen I show parents how easy it is they are so
the alphabet, you can also give them an importantrelieved. Their young children taking lessons are able
foundation at home for learning to read music andto get the right musical foundation they need to
understand keyboard theory. Even if your youngadvance much more quickly. Plus they stick with
children are already taking piano lessons, pianopiano because their experience is so positive! I have
teachers don't have time in a 30 minute weeklybeen showing parents how they can do this for
lesson to give kids the complete foundation theyyears. It's a very simple straightforward process. And
need to read music easily. But most parents don'tyou can learn it too.
know how easy this is to do because they don'tSo find a piano teacher who is willing to give you the
have the right tools, resources and support fromguidance and support necessary to help your young
their child's piano teacher. Sometimes piano teacherschildren get the musical foundation they need to
even make parents feel stupid when they ask whatexcel in piano. Don't believe you are unqualified. In
they can do at home to help. They act as thoughfact when it comes to piano pre-skills, parents are
only a piano teacher with their level of education andthe most qualified of all!
experience is qualified to do this. This is not true!