More Reasons You Are Your Child's Best First Piano Teacher As many of you know, I developed Piano for Preschoolers to give parents the confidence to teach their young children beginning piano at home. Thousands of caring parents and grandparents throughout the country have successfully taught their children to play the piano with Piano for Preschoolers. Most of these parents either never played the piano or took lessons for a short time when they were kids. I believe the main reason Piano for Preschoolers has worked so well for these families is that a caring parent or grandparent is a child’s best first piano teacher. Piano for Preschoolers simply provides a method that allows parents without any musical background to teach beginning musical concepts. Being able to play songs they recognize right away gets the kids excited about playing the piano and makes their first experience at the piano a very positive one. However, it’s the special times together learning to play and enjoying making music that mean the most to the kids and their parents.

I’ve written before about how I believe a parent knows their child best and given the proper teaching tools makes the best first piano teacher. After all, you can work with your child when he/she is most open to learning and can stop the lessons when the time is no longer effective. It’s never made much sense to me to schedule half hour lessons at an arbitrary time each week at a strange house and expect a three or four year old to cooperate and make progress each week. A caring parent singing along as a child plays is the best motivation to keep practicing until a child gets it right. This nurturing environment creates the perfect opportunity for kids to benefit from early piano study.

As you can imagine, this affordable method and simple approach is very popular with parents and grandparents. There are also several preschool music programs and many private teachers using Piano for Preschoolers to teach their youngest students. Unfortunately, these teachers seem to be more the exception than the rule. It’s a challenge to find teacher who will take on very young children. The overwhelming majority of the feedback I receive is from parents who are thrilled to have found an easy and affordable method to teach their young children to play the piano. I get phone calls and emails all the time from proud parents whose kids have mastered the beginning piano concepts in Piano for Preschoolers and gained self-confidence as a result. Please keep them coming.

Occasionally I hear from or read a review from a piano teacher or musician who clearly is more interested in telling me how smart they are than providing a positive first experience at the piano for the youngest pianist. Fortunately in the three years Piano for Preschoolers has been available this has only happened a couple of times.

Recently such a review reminded me once again why I developed Piano for Preschoolers. I wanted to give the youngest pianist a nurturing and very positive first experience at the piano. I wanted to empower parents to teach their children beginning piano at home. I truly believe a caring parent or grandparent is the best first piano teacher. The piano teachers that don’t get it are just part of the deal. Fortunately most parents do get that they are creating wonderful memories and giving their children all the benefits of early piano study by teaching them with Piano for Preschoolers. 0 comments