Raising Gifted Children

My desire to teach our son to play piano, often consumes me, but I have to keep his age in mind. I also have to remember that if I do not find ways to keep him genuinely interested, he may never want to play. So, I found a great way to introduce him to music that did not require him to read or play.

We watched Fiddler On The Roof. It’s a hit!

Not only did he enjoy it, but he danced and sang along. His enthusiasm far surpassed my expectations.

I’ll look for more musicals to peak his interest and musical curiosity.

We have been “playing” piano for about a year, but I am starting to teach the rascal to actually play the piano.

His attention span will not permit more than 15 or 20 minutes, but I have been introducing him to middle-c and Twinkle-Twinkle. Eventually, I want to incorporate the Suzuki method of playing piano. In order to prepare him for reading music, I have been introducing him to more and more words.

For some reason, children seem to do well when they learn to read both music and books at the same time.