5 ‘Easy Peasy’ Steps To Teach Your Child To Read Piano Music

5 ‘Easy Peasy’ Steps To Teach Your Child To Read Piano Music

5 ‘Easy Peasy’ Steps To Teach Your Child To Read Piano Music

In this post I thought I should give you the steps to teach your kids to read music notes in 5 easy steps. 

You have to have some knowledge of music to be able to understand this and be able to teach. 

This post is for the many parents who have leaned music but simply don’t know how to teach their kids or to break things down in easy steps. 

But if you have never learned piano or don’t know the first thing about music, don’t worry, I have you covered. Come join my FREE 5 piano lessons and I will give you all the tools and guidance you need to teach your kids to Read Music Notes and Play the Piano in just 5 Days. 

What are you waiting for sign up right here and get started. 

Those of you who already know music, please read on. 

 

Name The Key

First take your child to the keyboard and name the keys starting from Middle C. 

You can go C, D, E, F, G, A, B 

Or you can also teach them C4 (middle C), D4, E4 and so and when you come to the next C call it C5. 

With this method remember to teach them that the B before C4 is B3 and so on. 

This actually is my favourite method (C4, D4 and so on) as in the long run it helps when teaching ledger line notes and up. 

 

Line And Space Notes

Next take a music sheet and teach them to identify line notes and space notes. 

I have included worksheets with this post, that you can use to have them practice what they learn.

Remember to grab them. 

 

Treble And Bass Clef

Now teach them to identify Treble Clef and Bass Clef. 

Teach them to write it and also tell them what Treble Clef signifies and what Bass Clef signifies. 

Treble Clef notes are played with the right hand and Bass Clef notes are played with the left hand. 

 

Treble Clef Notes

Now teach them the treble clef line notes and then the space notes. 

 

Bass Clef Notes

Yes, you guessed it. simply teach them the bass clef line notes and space notes. 

 

You are done. 

How frequently or how fast should you teach these to your kids? 

Well that would depend on the age and learning capability of each of your kids. 

Don’t forget to grab the printable pack I have for you. 

 

If you are still unsure, but want to teach your kids to read music, then please join my Read Music Notes and Play the Piano in 5 days for FREE. 

Karen Cadera

Karen Cadera

Founder/Creator

Mom, Teacher, Minimalist, Zero Waste Enthusiast, Multi Pod.

Play Piano Today!

Teach your child to play piano, today.

Yes, in as little as 30 minutes I can show you how to teach your child to play the piano, for FREE.

What are you waiting for?

This program reminded me (and allowed me to teach my son) how to read music. To me, that was the most important thing that we learned together. Of course, it was very rewarding for me to watch my son play the piano with both hands at the same time, while reading sheet music. His favorite parts of the course were actually playing the songs and doing the worksheets provided.

Carrie M.

Stay At Home Mom

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When parents think of having their kids learn to play the piano or any other instrument, creating music is not the first thing that comes to mind. 

This is because we are all taught that we have to become a master at technique before we can learn to create something. 

While this is true in most cases, it doesn’t have to be always the case. 

So in this blog post, I will be talking about why it is important for your child to learn to create his own music, while she is still learning. 

 

Develop A Musical Ear

The first reason that this is so important is that when kids try to compose their own music, they automatically train their musical ear, to understand what works and what doesn’t. 

Thus, increasing the speed at which, they learn and helping them in all the other areas of learning, such as sight reading and rhythm etc. 

Also it helps them to hear what they read, play what they hear, and read what they play. 

Thus making use of all the different sense such as visual, auditory and kinesthetic. 

 

Focuses On Musical Arrangements

By learning to compose and create their own music, kids also learn to focus on musical arrangements in the works of other composers.

This in turn helps them to learn what works in music and what doesn’t. 

Granted they will be learning these things when learning theory. 

However, when they do this from a very young age, with little knowledge of theory, they are doing it by ear and tend to know it almost instinctively thus, making learning, more hands on. 

 

As you can see there are a variety of different reasons why your child needs to learn to create his or her own music, but the two reasons stated here are the most important and incidentally are also the major reasons why I include music composition in my Homeschool Music Curriculum programs. 

 

Want to learn more about these programs, then sign up here right now. 

Karen Cadera

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Learning to play the piano or any instrument for that matter sounds like fun, but can be a daunting task. 

One of the reasons many kids drop out from learning piano, is that it is not all fun and games. 

So it is important to keep expectations at a manageable level, be incredibly supportive and help them along. 

If your child continues to learn and stays on course, he or she will acquire so many life lessons on the way that you will be shocked at the transformation. 

So what are those life lessons and skills you can expect to see your child acquire?

 

Perseverance Does Pay Off

As one great composer said, the piano is the easiest instrument to learn and the hardest to master. 

That sums it all up doesn’t it?

Learning to play the piano is fun at the beginning, but can turn out to be utter drudgery sometimes, if it is not managed well. 

But, if your child is able to stick with it, he will soon learn that perseverance does pay off and he will be incredibly proud of the strides he makes. 

 

Progress Over Perfection

One way of managing to keep the expectations in line, is to teach your child that what matters is progress, not perfection. 

As Carol Dweck has stated, kids that are able to look at progress and focus on progress rather than perfection, are more likely to succeed. 

Therefore, learning to play the piano can be an amazing opportunity for you to cultivate a growth mindset in your child. 

 

It Is Okay To Make Mistakes

Your child is going to make many, many mistakes and get frustrated with learning piano. 

But if you can teach your child that it is ok to make mistakes, and that we all learn from mistakes, then he is less likely to drop out from piano lessons. 

In the process he will also gain the ability not to be frustrated from mistakes and to continue, to trudge along and get to the finish line. 

Isn’t that a life lesson worth learning? 

 

Anything Worth Doing Is ‘Hard Work’

Yes, as I have stated before, learning to play an instrument is hard and can take up a lot of time and effort, but kids who stick with it, often learn that hard work does pay off and anything that is worthwhile doing does take a lot of hard work. 

Don’t you think that this is another wonderful life lesson to learn? 

 

2% Inspiration And 98% Perspiration

Practice, practice, practice, is the only way that great musicians and sportsmen and women have got to where they are. 

It is true that many of them do have talent, yet, talent without practice and hard work, will not get anyone to the pinnacle. 

BUT, 98% practice, and only 2% talent has got loads of people to the top of their profession. 

Learning to play the piano, will definitely teach your child that 98% perspiration (practice) will always get him to the top, even if he only has 2% inspiration (talent). 

 

Do you agree with me? Do you think that these are wonderful life lessons to learn? 

Are your kids already learning to play the piano, but not loving it? 

Then read these blog posts to help make practice and learning piano a breeze and thus, increase their chances of sticking with it and learning these amazing life lessons in the process. 

5 ‘No Fail’ Ways To Make Piano Practice Fun, 

3 ‘No Fail’ Tricks To Make Learning Music A Breeze, 

3 Absolute ‘Must Know’ Tricks To Have Your Kids Begging For Piano Practice, 

3 Reasons Why Making Mistakes When Practicing Is Perfect, 

5 ‘Surefire’ Ways To Ensure Your Child Continues To Learn Music, and 

3 ‘Surefire’ Ways To Make Your Child Want To Practice The Piano.

Karen Cadera

Karen Cadera

Founder/Creator

Mom, Teacher, Minimalist, Zero Waste Enthusiast, Multi Pod.

My daughter loved the games, but there were also worksheets and videos. The weekly lesson plans were complete, and I never questioned what I should be doing next.

Lisa Tanner

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When you are teaching notes and rests to kids in quick succession, it can be confusing. 

The easiest way to mitigate this problem is to play different games to reinforce the concepts that they are learning. 

Here you will find six amazing games you can play when introducing any of the notes or rests and also after introducing all the different notes and rests to your kids. 

The games suggested here will work with kids of any age. 

What’s more? I’ve even included a printable to help you take their learning to the next level. 

 

Things You Will Need

– White board/paper/pen

– Drumsticks/chop sticks or anything similar

– Sheet Music (you can use the one included in the printable)

– Note and Rest Flashcards (if you have them)

 

Pre-requisites

Know at least two types of notes and rests, and their differences and nuances.

Not taught your kids Notes and Rests as yet? Not a problem, just read and follow the instructions the instructions in the following posts, download the flashcards and printables, included and then use these games to reinforce the learning. 

 

6 ‘Easy Steps’ To Teach Whole Notes

8 ‘Ridiculously Easy’ Steps To Introduce The Whole Rest

6 ‘Super Easy’ Steps To Teach Half Notes

8 ‘Shockingly Easy’ Steps To Introduce The Half Rest

6 ‘Ridiculously Simple’ Steps To Teach Quarter Notes

8 ‘Unbelievably Easy’ Steps To Introduce The Quarter Rest

6 ‘Shockingly Simple’ Ways To Teach Eighth Notes

8 ‘Ultra Easy’ Steps To Introduce The Eighth Rest

 

 

Notes And Rests Game 1

Call out the name of a note or rest and ask them to write it out. 

Eg. Call out Eighth Rest, and have them write it on the white board/paper and identify all the Eighth Rests in any piece of Sheet Music. 

If they write out the rest, make sure that the technicalities are accurate. 

If you have the flashcards available you can have them hold up the correct flashcard instead of writing out the rest. 

 

Notes And Rests Game 2

Hold up a flashcard of a note or rest and ask them to call out the name, the alternate name and the number of beats. 

If you don’t have the flashcards, simply write it out correctly. 

You can take this a step further and ask them to clap and count or play and count the note/rest. 

 

Notes And Rests Game 3

Call out the name of a note or rest and ask them to call out the alternate name. 

Eg. You say Semibreve and they have to call out Whole Note. 

 

Notes And Rests Game 4

Hold up a flashcard of a note or rest or write it on a paper or white board and ask them to play it on the keyboard and count the correct number of beats, play it with drumsticks/chopsticks or clap and count the correct number of beats. 

Eg. If you hold up a Whole Note Middle C, they have to either play it on the keyboard and count to 4 or clap and count to 4 etc. 

 

Notes And Rests Game 5

Give them a piece of sheet music and ask them to identify a specific note or rest. 

Eg. Use the sheet music provided in the printable and ask them to identify all the Quaver Notes. 

 

Notes And Rests Game 6

You play or clap and count a certain number of beats and ask them to call out the name. 

Eg. If you keep your hands together (instead of clapping) and count 1, 2, they have to call out Half Rest or Minim Rest. 

 

Easy and fun isn’t it?

Now, don’t forget to download the printable that i have made available for you. 

Karen Cadera

Karen Cadera

Founder/Creator

Mom, Teacher, Minimalist, Zero Waste Enthusiast, Multi Pod.

My daughter loved the games, but there were also worksheets and videos. The weekly lesson plans were complete, and I never questioned what I should be doing next.

Lisa Tanner

Homeschool Mom

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This program reminded me (and allowed me to teach my son) how to read music. To me, that was the most important thing that we learned together. Of course, it was very rewarding for me to watch my son play the piano with both hands at the same time, while reading sheet music. His favorite parts of the course were actually playing the songs and doing the worksheets provided.

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Once your child is able to name all the notes on the keyboard, it is imperative to play games in order to reinforce the learning and also to ensure quick recall and build the foundation for reading music notes. 

Learning the names of the notes on the keyboard is the first step in learning to read music notes and once your child starts learning to read music notes, there are a variety of challenges he/she will face. However, one of those challenges should not be the inability to accurately know the name of the white notes on the keyboard. 

Therefore, working through this part of the journey, slowly and thoroughly will help your child in the long run. 

Unfortunately, when learning to play the piano kids are very eager at the start and therefore, slowing down the teaching can be hard. 

This is why when reinforcing concepts it is important to play games, as it will keep the enthusiasm levels high. 

Here are five games that you can play with your kids to keep the enthusiasm high, while also making them highly proficient in finding their way around the keyboard. 

Remember to download the music theory worksheet that I have made available with this post. 

 

Pre-requisites

Kids have to know all the names of the white notes on the keyboard. If you haven’t taught them the note names, please go to my post, The Absolute Best Way To Teach Your Child To Name Notes On The Keyboard – Step 1.

 

Things You Will Need

Paper/Whiteboard

Pen/Erasable Marker

Coloured Beads/Buttons/PebblesTokens/Mini Action Hero Figures

Flashcards (optional)

 

 

Learning Your Way Around The Keyboard – Game 1

Call out the name of a note and ask your child to play it on the keyboard. 

Eg. You call out G and your child can play any G on the keyboard. 

Repeat at least 11 more times with different note names. 

 

Learning Your Way Around The Keyboard – Game 2

Another variation of the above game is to call out the name of the note and ask your child to play all the notes with that name on the keyboard.

Eg. If you call out D, your child should play all 7 Ds on the keyboard starting with D1. 

 

Learning Your Way Around The Keyboard – Game 3

Call out a specific note with a number and ask your child to keep a bead/pebble/button on the note. 

Eg. If you called out E4, then your child should leave the pebble on the 4th E (starting from the left of the keyboard). 

 

Learning Your Way Around The Keyboard – Game 4

Leave pebbles/buttons/beads on different notes on the keyboard and ask your child to write down the names on the paper/whiteboard. 

 

Learning Your Way Around The Keyboard – Game 5

Call out or write 3 – 5 different names in quick succession and ask your child to leave pebbles on the notes that you named in the order you called/wrote. 

 

Bonus: Reverse And Repeat

Reverse the above exercise. Ask your child to call out or write 3 – 5 different names in quick succession and you leave pebbles on the notes.

Ask your child to check your work. 

Tip: Deliberately make a mistake (but don’t overdo it), to give your child the opportunity to correct you. The confidence boost he will get from it is priceless. 

 

Fun aren’t they?

You can play these games even when you are in the middle of teaching them to find their way around the keyboard. 

What other games can you think of playing with your kids to help reinforce their learning?

Karen Cadera

Karen Cadera

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My daughter loved the games, but there were also worksheets and videos. The weekly lesson plans were complete, and I never questioned what I should be doing next.

Lisa Tanner

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10 ‘Horribly’ Expensive Mistakes Families Make When Paying For Private Music Lessons

I’m sure you will all agree with me when I say that music lessons can be very expensive for the average family and one of the reasons many families tend to forgo the cost. 

 

But in the same vain, I don’t think that you will agree with me if I said that one of the main reasons that music lessons are expensive is because, many families unknowingly make a variety of mistakes, when registering their kids for music lessons. 

 

Read on and let me explain the common mistakes I have seen, and tell you how you can reduce the cost, by eliminating those mistakes. 

 

Not Focusing On One Instrument

This is a big one, simply having kids learn a variety of different instruments can run up costs. These costs range from the investment in different instruments, the investment in different books and material and much more. 

The easiest way out of this is to have the entire family learn one instrument, instead of each child learning a different instrument. 

 

Buying Instruments For Each Age Group

Yes, this is actually an expansion or a result of the previous mistake. For instance, with instruments like ukuleles there are several sizes and the simple act of having to upgrade the size of an instrument can result in continuous costs. 

So what is the solution to this? 

Either focus on learning an instrument that doesn’t require continuous age related upgrades, or wait until the child is old enough to handle a standard size instrument and then start music lessons. 

 

Insisting On Studio Lessons

While there are many benefits to learning music in a studio environment, such as the ability to participate in concerts and recitals and have access to professional level instruments, the costs for studio lessons can be very high. 

Studios have many overheads to cover such as rent, utilities, equipment leasing or depreciation costs, maintenance, support staff salaries and much more.

Often these costs can make up 30% or more of your actual tuition costs. 

 

Not Looking At Rent To Own Options

While many parents look at purchasing instruments as an investment. 

What if a child losses interest in that specific instrument, and does not want to learn it? 

If it is a small inexpensive instrument like the recorder, it won’t be too bad on the pocketbook, however, if you’d purchased a guitar or a clarinet for instance, the costs could sting. 

So what is the solution?

Rent-to-own. Many instrument stores allow this and so do some music schools. 

Not sold on this idea, then you should read my post The Number One Reason You Should Not But Musical Instruments.

Now this may not be viable with all instruments like the piano, however, there are ways to get around that problem as well. Read my post Desperate To Learn The Piano, But No Piano/Keyboard At Home?

 

Not Planning Ahead For Materials

This is another big one. When registering their kids for music lessons, most parents only take into consideration the cost of the monthly lessons. 

What really trips them up in the end however, are the other costs that spring up over time, like the cost of books, annual registration costs, family membership costs, class reschedule costs etc. 

Granted, you may not have heard about these costs before, and the music studio your kids attend may not have these charges, but there are many studios that do charge these in fact. 

So don’t assume that these costs don’t exist. 

Before committing to the next semester or year of classes, sit down with the teacher and go over all the expected costs, fees and don’t be shy to ask for reductions, discounts or simply for the elimination of some of those costs. 

 

Not Being Involved

Research, time and again has continued to indicate that parents who are not involved in their kids education are bound to see lower success rates in their kids. 

This is no different when it comes to music. 

Many different music methods such as the Suzuki method and others, tend to encourage the active involvement of parents in their kids musical education for this very reason. 

Furthermore, it can also be stated that parents who are not involved in their kids’ musical education are likely to end up spending more money than those that are actively involved. 

Still not sold on this idea?

Don’t know how you can be involved in your child’s musical education? 

Then, you definitely should read my post 3 Reasons Why You Should Be Involved In Your Child’s Music Education

 

Insisting On One On One Classes Instead Of Group Classes

Often parents tend to think that musical education can only be gained through private one on one classes. 

Again, I’m here to tell you that nothing can be further from the truth. 

Really, there are many instances in which group classes are shown to be far more useful for kids learning to play an instrument than one on one classes. 

So what can you do?

If your kids are currently registered in one on one classes, then this is the time for you to rethink and start researching why group classes may be a better fit for your child, when compared to one on one piano classes. 

 

Not Supplementing The Learning

Focusing totally on the one on one face to face teacher, and expecting the music teacher to fulfil all teaching needs, will result in additional cost. 

This is because there are many aspects of learning music that do not require a face to face music teacher. Thus, if you are not open to supplementing your kids’ music lessons with online music lessons, then you are going to be a lot more likely to reduce the cost. 

So what are some of those aspects that can be supplemented through online learning? The basic foundational skills, such as learning the different notes and reading music notes for instance, music theory are some such aspects that can be learned online. 

 

Ignoring Online Piano Lessons Totally

Going further on the point I made above, this is a big one. 

Simply stating that online piano lessons are mediocre or won’t work, without a thorough understanding has cost many parents huge sums of money in the long run. 

Therefore, what I suggest is that you do your own research with an open mind and draw your conclusions on both and decide if online piano lessons can help your child. 

Don’t know where to start? Or no time to research? Then you will definitely like my posts that I wrote both for and against online piano lessons. Read both and draw your own conclusions, based on the personality of each of your kids. 

6 ‘Must Know’ Reasons Why Online Piano Lessons Are Not For Your Child

4 Benefits You May Not Have Known About Learning Piano Online

 

Not Practicing

Kids who don’t practice the piano and review what they have learned often take twice as long to learn the same material, when compared to other kids who practice. 

Often this results in the music teacher having to repeat the same lesson again and again. 

You will no doubt agree with me when I say that in such instances, when the teacher has to repeat the same lesson over and over again, because of the lack of practice, as parents you are just paying for practice time and not for your child to learn new material. 

If your kids don’t like to practice, and haven’t progressed much, you can definitely imagine how much money you’ve wasted by providing them with music lessons that are actually glorified practice sessions. 

So what then is the solution? It’s staring you in the face. 

Get your kids to practice. 

Don’t know where to start or how to do it? 

Then you should read my posts where I discuss different aspects of practice. 

9 ‘No Fail’ Tricks For Happy Practice With Multiple Ages, 

3 ‘Absolute Must Know’ Tricks To Have Your Kids Begging For More Piano Practice, 

5 ‘No Fail’ Ways To Make Piano Practice Fun.

3 ‘Surefire’ Ways To Make Your Child Want To Practice The Piano

 

Bonus – Not Looking For Cost Efficiencies

This is another huge area. 

Like everything else in life that you pay for, whether it is groceries, insurance or mortgage rates. Look for efficiencies, discounts and shop around. 

Here are some ways in which you can increase cost efficiencies and thus, reduce the cost of music lessons. 

– Double Time – Yes, instead of having 30 minute lessons once a week, ask for 1 hour lessons bi-weekly and ask for a 10% discount. If the teacher visits your home, it can result in reduced transportation costs for him/her, costs which can be passed on to you. 

– Music Theory Online – This way you are only paying the music teacher for actual instrument playing lessons, and can make the learning faster. 

– Classes Every Other Week – Instead of weekly classes, have bi-weekly classes and use the time to review work that is learned, practice, practice, practice and try to review work ahead of the class and be prepared. If you do this, you will be amazed at the progress your kids’ are making with less music lessons and at half the cost. 

– Family Discounts – If you have more than one child learning music, then definitely request family discounts. 

– Older Kids Teaching Younger Kids – Simply having older kids help younger kids in the family with practice, and helping them prepare ahead for the next lessons, will result in your kids progressing really fast through their music education. 

– Not Going To The Same Studio – By going to different music studios rather than one, costs can skyrocket as it is not possible to request for family discounts etc. 

 

So what do you think of these horrible mistakes? Has your family made these mistakes and has it resulted in high costs for you? 

Comment below and let me know which of the above has cost you the most and what you are going to do differently in the future. 

Karen Cadera

Karen Cadera

Founder/Creator

Mom, Teacher, Minimalist, Zero Waste Enthusiast, Multi Pod.

My daughter loved the games, but there were also worksheets and videos. The weekly lesson plans were complete, and I never questioned what I should be doing next.

Lisa Tanner

Homeschool Mom

Play Piano Today!

Teach your child to play piano, today.

Yes, in as little as 30 minutes I can show you how to teach your child to play the piano, for FREE.

What are you waiting for?

This program reminded me (and allowed me to teach my son) how to read music. To me, that was the most important thing that we learned together. Of course, it was very rewarding for me to watch my son play the piano with both hands at the same time, while reading sheet music. His favorite parts of the course were actually playing the songs and doing the worksheets provided.

Carrie M.

Stay At Home Mom

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