"Is my child ready to start music lessons?" This is a question I hear all the time as a music teacher. It's a good question. How do we know if our child is ready for lessons? There are many factors involved but I am going to touch on 3 things to consider before starting. First, can your child focus for short periods of time on a task. It can literally be 30-60 seconds at first. What I’ve found is that…
I get many calls for prospective violin & viola students from parents requesting more information. I always explain my program and direct them to my website for more information.
A phrase I hear some parents use when they describe why they want to start lessons is: my child seems interested in music (or the violin) and we want to try it out to see if they will like it.
As a parent I completely understand that this is the approach we take for many things we sign our children up for. We often sign them up for many different types of activities in order to expose them to a wide variety of things and to see what they enjoy.
A word of caution though.