6 ‘No Fail’ Strategies To Increase your Child’s Success Rate When Taking Offline Music Classes

6 ‘No Fail’ Strategies To Increase your Child’s Success Rate When Taking Offline Music Classes

by | Mar 7, 2023

6 ‘No Fail’ Strategies To Increase your Child’s Success Rate When Taking Offline Music Classes

You know, long before I started teaching parents how to teach their kids to play the piano, I used to help out in my mother’s studio as well as my aunt’s piano studio as a teenager. 

There I used to teach kids of all ages on a one on one basis and I met hundreds and hundreds of piano parents over the years. 

As an educational psychology enthusiast I used to observe the parents, their knowledge of music, their involvement in their kids music education and the corresponding success or failure rate of the kids. 

Over the years, I gathered so much of information through my analysis that I could almost predict the outcomes and say who would continue on with their music education and who wouldn’t and what that would be predicated on. 

So, today I thought I should go more into depth and draw on that experience to help you increase your child’s success rate when taking offline music classes. 

Now, let’s get started. 

 

Create Good Habits

Most of the kids that continued on with their piano classes, were those with parents who helped them, supported them and even nagged them to develop good habits. 

Habits like practicing for a short while every single day. 

Practicing and reviewing what they learned previously, before showing up to the next class, and most importantly helping the kids stay consistent. 

That means, practicing for 10 minutes each day, instead of practicing for 3 hours once a month. 

 

Supplement Learning

In those days there was no online learning with which offline learning could be supplemented.

However, many of the successful piano parents I knew often supplemented the kids learning, by ensuring that they focused on music theory, read books on music history and basically added music into their daily lives, not simply at the twice weekly music class. 

 

Celebrate Victories

The piano parents with kids that continued on over the years even when the going got tough, were the ones who often celebrated their children’s victories even though those victories were really small.

This motivated the kids and helped them to stay the course. 

 

Ensure All Learning Styles Were Engaged

This one was more on my mom and aunt rather than the parents themselves. However, I will include it here. In our piano studios, we ensured that kids saw what they played, played what the heard and heard what they saw. 

Which means they were able to read music notes well, and could read and write music and thus were able to engage all senses. This in turn helped visual, auditory and kinesthetic learners to stay engaged, because we catered to all the different learning styles. 

So what can you learn from this? 

Ensure that you know what your child’s learning style is and make sure that the piano studio she learns at, is aware of the style and is able to engage her in a meaningful manner. 

 

Focus On Progress

Again, at the time when I was teaching in my mom’s studio I had never heard of Carol Dweck or the growth mindset, but I did observe that kids’ whose parents were not hyper focused on perfection were often the ones who succeeded. 

And today I know why, and I still continue to see with my own kids and with my students that those with a growth mindset, who accept progress over perfection are the ones who are more resilient and able to trudge along even when learning plateaus. 

 

Became Involved And Learned Music Themselves

I saved what I believed was the most important point for the last. An overwhelming number of parents whose kids succeeded at piano were those that hadn’t had any formal musical training themselves, but yet, were super involved in their kids learning and learned to play the piano themselves. No, they didn’t actually become my aunt’s or my mom’s students, but rather they learned along with their kids and helped them along or had their kids help them and thus, found a lot of enjoyment in it. 

 

What do you think? Do you think you can do any or all of the above with your kids to ensure that they stick with piano lessons in the long term? 

 

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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

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.

Carrie M.

Stay At Home Mom

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5 ‘Ultra Cool’ Games To Play Once Your Child Has Learned His/Her Way Around The Keyboard

5 ‘Ultra Cool’ Games To Play Once Your Child Has Learned His/Her Way Around The Keyboard

by | Feb 7, 2023

5 ‘Ultra Cool’ Games To Play Once Your Child Has Learned His/Her Way Around The Keyboard

See below for a Free Printable Pack to go with the post.

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

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.

Carrie M.

Stay At Home Mom

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

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

by | Nov 15, 2022

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

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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.

Carrie M.

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8 ‘Ultra Easy’ Step To Introduce The Eighth Rest

8 ‘Ultra Easy’ Step To Introduce The Eighth Rest

by | Nov 3, 2022

8 ‘Ultra Easy’ Step To Introduce The Eighth Rest

See below for a Free Printable Pack to go with the post.

Teaching notes and rests, their values and how they can be identified, and played is extremely easy if homeschooling parents have access to the correct tools and guidance. 

Therefore today I’m going to give you the necessary tools and also explain the exact steps you can use to easily introduce the Eighth Rest to your kids. 

So what are Eighth Rests? They are similar in value to Eighth Notes, but no note is played. 

They basically extend the silence by half a beat. 

If you haven’t already introduced the Eighth Note, do that first, you can find the steps, flashcard and printable in the post 6 ‘Shockingly Simple’ Ways To Teach Eighth Notes. 

And here’s how you can introduce the Eighth Rest to your kids in the homeschool.

 

Show The Note And The Rest

Yes, it is as easy as that.  

Show them the flashcard of the note and the rest side by side. 

Tell them that the Eighth Rest (point to it) is similar to the Eighth Note and consists of 1/2 a beat.

 

Explain The Difference

Don’t forget to explain the difference. 

With an Eighth Note, we actually play a note, but with an Eighth Rest we don’t play a note, rather, there is silence for 1/2 a beat, wherever there is an Eighth Rest. 

 

Ask Them Both Names

Yes, ask them to tell you the alternate name for the Eighth Rest. 

Since they know that the Eighth Note is called a Quaver, it is very likely that they will make the connection and tell you that the alternate name for the Eighth Rest is a Quaver Rest. 

 

Clapping

Now comes the interesting part. Ask them to clap the Quaver Rest. 

Remember, a Quaver Rest means there is silence for 1/2 a beat, so there is no clapping only counting. 

 

Understanding The Eighth Rest

To make the previous step less confusing, you draw or show a Whole/Half or Quarter Note before two Eighth Rests. Then ask them to clap. 

So, they should clap for the specific note you drew, then count the correct number of beats for that note, and finally count 1 beat to signify the two Eighth Rest. 

 

On The Keyboard

Repeat the above step on the keyboard. 

Have them play the note first and count the corresponding number of beats and then count an additional 1 beat to signify the two Eighth Rests. 

 

Writing The Quarter Rest

Now teach them how to correctly write the Eighth Rest. 

Please use the printable I have included for this exercise.

 

Identifying The Quarter Rest

Finally it is time to look at different sheets of music and identify the Eighth Rests. 

Again you can use the printable I have included for this post. 

 

Easy, isn’t it? 

So what are you waiting for? 

Grab the printable and the flashcard and go get started. 

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!

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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.

Carrie M.

Stay At Home Mom

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6 ‘Shockingly Simple’ Ways To Teach Eighth Notes

6 ‘Shockingly Simple’ Ways To Teach Eighth Notes

by | Oct 6, 2022

6 ‘Shockingly Simple’ Ways To Teach Eighth Notes

See below for a Free Printable Pack to go with the post.

If you’ve looked closely at a sheet of music, you have no doubt realized that it consists of a variety of different types of notes. 

Those that are noteheads with no stems, outlined noteheads with stems and solid black notes with stems , flags and beams. 

So what does this mean?

Each of these elements like stems, flags and beams signify the type and value of the note and learning to decipher the difference is very important. 

Therefore, today I will be explaining how you can introduce ‘Eighth Notes’ to your kids in the homeschool in just six shockingly simple steps. 

Don’t forget to download the printable I have included, so you can take your child’s learning to the next level. 

 

Show And Tell

It’s as simple as that. 

Just show a flashcard with an Eighth Note, or draw it out on a paper or white board or simply point it out on a piece of sheet music and tell your child that a solid black note with a stem and a flag is called an Eighth Note. 

 

Other Names

Now tell your child that while in North America we call this type of note, an ‘Eighth Note’, in other parts of the world, especially in Asia and Europe the note is called a Quaver. 

 

Clapping And Counting

Now that your child can identify the note and knows both its names, it is time to explain that an Eighth Note/Quaver consists of 1/2 a beat. 

This means when played on the piano, you play two eighth notes in 1 beat.

If there are two eighth notes beamed together or separate, then you clap both in quick succession in 1 beat. 

 

Writing The Note

Next, you can show your child how to write an Eighth Note on a line, and in a space, as well as over the stave, hanging from the stave, as Middle C and ledger line notes. 

This would also be a good time to teach your child the stem rules and the flag and beam rules.

 

Identifying Eighth Notes

Now, show your child some sheet music (if you don’t have any handy, use the sheet music in the printable I have made available) and ask your child to identify all the Eighth Notes. 

 

On The Keyboard

Next have your child play Eighth Notes. 

For this you can simply draw a treble or bass staff on a piece of paper and write out a few Eighth Notes on different lines and spaces and have your child read the notes. 

If your child cannot read music notes as yet, you can still have your child play Middle Cs. 

For this you need to draw about four Middle Cs on a paper (as Eighth Notes), have your child play two Middle Cs in quick succession for the 1st beat and the next two in quick succession for the 2nd beat.

 

Easy enough don’t you think?

Now, don’t forget to download the printable included so you can reinforce the concepts taught here. 

Karen Cadera

Karen Cadera

Founder/Creator

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7 Super Simple Ways To Incorporate Music Lessons In All You Do At Home

7 Super Simple Ways To Incorporate Music Lessons In All You Do At Home

by | Oct 4, 2022

7 Super Simple Ways To Incorporate Music Lessons In All You Do At Home

Did you know that, whether you have had any formal training in music or not, as a parent you can incorporate music lessons at home with very little trouble?

Well, you can. 

Most parents irrespective of musical knowledge are really surprised and don’t even believe me. But I love to explain to them how easy it is and watch that light bulb go on. 

So let me do that again in this post, and imagine the light bulb go on in your head as well. 

 

Play Music In The Background

Do you have a playlist on on your iPad, or a favourite list on YouTube? 

Do you have an Amazon/Spotify or Apple subscription, then just pick a playlist and get started. It doesn’t matter what music you play as long as you play it. 

Don’t think that simply playing music will help or have no idea how to get creative? 

Then read my blog posts 5 Ways To Use A Musical Playlist To Learn Music Appreciation, and 9 ‘Shockingly’ Simple Ways To use your Amazon Prime/Apple Music/Spotify To Add More Musical Joy To Your Home.

 

Recognize and Repeat Common Beats In The Environment

Do you know that the natural environment we inhabit as well as the artificial environments we have built, all have their own beats? 

Think of your heart, that is a natural beat. 

Think of the flow of water down a stream, do you hear the rhythm?

How about the sound made by a woodpecker? 

What about the sound made by a clothes dryer?

Recognize these beats and rhythms when at home and out on hikes and nature walks and imitate those sounds. 

Want to know more about how you can teach rhythm and beat at home without too much hassle? Then read my post 4 ‘Super Easy’ Ways To Teach Rhythm & Beat In the Homeschool. 

 

Blend It Into History Lessons

Do your kids learn history? For example if they are learning about the civil war, then research the types of music and composers of that time, create a playlist and listen to the music of that era. You can even do this with musical instruments and research what instruments were invented during that time and listen to music played with those instruments. 

 

Blend it Into Geography Lessons

Same as the above. Let’s say your kids are learning about Austria, then research the names of some great Austrian composers, create a playlist and listen to the music. Why not go a step further and learn about the composers themselves? 

Want to learn more about how to blend music into other subjects your kids learn? Then read my post 5 ‘Innovative’ Ways To Blend Music With Other Subjects. 

 

Dancing And Skipping

Use the playlists that you have already compiled or have found online and create dance and skipping routines. Why not take it a step further and learn to dance? 

Think learning to dance costs money? 

Think again. Read this post, I wrote a while ago and find many free online dance classes – Top 10 Dance Classes On YouTube. 

 

Reading Stories To Tunes

This is a really fun one to do with all ages, however, in my experience it is the little ones who enjoy it the most. 

Pick a tune that you can easily sing and then read a story out loud to that tune. 

 

Singing, Creating Your Own Lyrics Etc

Now take it all a step further. 

You can sing any song, anytime of the day, but why not have kids create their own lyrics and put it to different tunes. 

Why not sing to each other instead of speaking to each other? 

 

Now that you have learned so many different strategies to incorporate music lessons in all you do at home, I would really love to hear which one you will start off with today. So please comment below. 

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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