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Following are some of the available references to research regarding early piano training and brain development.
New Studies Support Original Findings That Music Lessons Help Improve Math Skills
Piano Lessons Make Kids Smarter
Can Music Education Really Enhance Brain Functioning and Academic Learning?
Your Child's Brain
Piano Lessons Make Kids Smarter
Piano for Preschoolers - Blog
Friday, February 13, 2009
Silver Lining in Uncertain Financial Times During these uncertain financial times, many families are searching for affordable alternatives to kid’s activities. Private piano lessons are not feasible for a lot of families right now. Piano for Preschoolers has always been an affordable alternative to group or private piano lessons. Kids as young as two and as old as eight are mastering beginning piano skills using our method. Their parents are successfully teaching them at home even though they’ve never played the piano themselves.
As families take a hard look at their budgets and search for ways to cut back on spending, the simple things in life become most important. Enjoying time at home as a family becomes a welcome alternative to expensive outings. As you look back on these years what will you remember fondly – the trips in the car running from activity to activity, all the expensive equipment for each new hobby, or the latest and greatest toys whose packaging was much more interesting to your child than the toy itself?
Most parents and grandparents will fondly remember the special times with their children and the wonderful memories of baking cookies, snuggling and reading favorite stories or making music together. These are the times the kids will treasure as well.
A caring parent or grandparent is a child’s best first piano teacher. It is so important that a child have a very positive first experience at the piano if they are going to receive all the benefits of piano instruction and hope to continue their study. Learning to play the piano in a nurturing environment with a parent cheering them on and singing along as they play gives a child the necessary confidence and motivation to learn.
These are the special times together that create wonderful memories. The silver lining in all the doom and gloom of these tough economic times might be discovering what you sought as an alternative to a more expensive activity has become priceless.
