Exploring Music

Okay. This is definitely an over due review. My son has been going here for about eight months. I think I got a deal from groupon, and decided to take him for piano lessons. He is only 5 years old. HE LOVES IT! The teachers are amazing!!! We had both teachers, Teacher Sue and Teacher Julie, and both of them are so sweet and patience with the kids. ((We took the group class.)) The class is 50 minutes long, starting out with singing, then piano, then dance, then piano. I think it is great because no 5 years old can handle 50 min. of class continuously.
Mind you, I picked this class because of the Groupon deal. But after three months, my son can’t wait to go to the class. I mean, he is not the best at piano, but he really does love the class and his teachers. I thought, well, maybe put him in a private lesson, since the cost is almost about the same. (I pay 300.00 for 11 class, put books and dvd, cost around 100.00 every 3 months). But actually, he likes being around other kids. The lesson feels more like a big play-​date.
All in all, after about 6 months, Isaac can play with both hands, and learn to play a music song by himself at home. He is not great at it like his peers, but as a mom, as long as he is happy and enjoy going to class, I am happy.

The Yahama music class was recommended to me by my sister-​in-​law who lives in Michigan. She had to drive half an hour each way for her kids to attend it. I found this music store in my neighborhood offering the same class so I thought why not. I enrolled my son here and he has only been taking the class for 4 – 5 months. He now can read basic music sheets and can play some very simple tunes with both hands. Most importanly, he loves the class and looks forward to it.
Each class they get to sing songs, dance a little, learn a bit about how to read notes, get introduced to a new instrument, learn how to listen to music and play the keyboard. They do all these as part of a game. I think it is the variety of the tasks and the novelty that make this class very interesting to a young child. There is homework to be done as well, which reinforces the learning.
The class has been taught by Ms. Sue and Occassionally Ms. Vicky. Both are excellent in their own ways. You can tell both ladies genuienly enjoy teaching the kids and taking each lesson very seriously.