As parents, we want to give our children a let up when they feel that an activity becomes too challenging.
Here are 8 Ways to Help Your Children Succeed in Music:
- Make time for practice. Don’t wait for time to pop up. Put it in the schedule.
- Call your teacher. She knows how your child learns and will give appropriate tips for daily practice.
- Listen to studio recordings by professionals. Don’t try to imitate, but try to be inspired.
- Play pieces learned earlier. Reviewing old pieces is a great warm-up!
- Build on natural interests. Make up lyrics to a new tune that are about airplanes if your child likes airplanes.
- Be encouraging. Doing something that is hard becomes easier, which, in itself, is motivating.
- Master a little bit at a time. Better to learn by small chunks than try to play the whole piece in one go.
- Focus on positives. If a particular passage is simply too difficult to master, skip over it and learn the other parts. Many teachers will be happy with the progress and will gladly help your child learn that difficult part.
Incorporating just one or two of these methods will make a difference, so try it!
