Young Children Piano Lessons – Ages 4 and 5

Playing the piano develops young brains!

The piano is the ideal instrument for teaching music to young children. The mechanical skills required are limited to pressing keys, the instrument does not need tuning every time before it is played, and playing the piano involves working with both hands and all aspects of music performance and music theory. Studies indicate that young children who take piano lessons performed 34% higher on abstract reasoning and spatial-temporal ability tests than other children.

“They could think in pictures and see the pictures moving or changing shape over time – a crucial skill for later success in mathematics, science and engineering.”

Another study observed two separate groups of young children. Group one children took piano lessons. Group two children did not. After eight months, the children taking piano lessons were expert puzzle masters and scored 80% higher than their peers in spatial intelligence.

Still another research team reported that “Piano lessons are far superior to computer instruction in enhancing children’s abstract reasoning skills.”

They concluded, “Piano lessons jump-start certain inherent patterns in parts of the brain responsible for such reasoning. Computer lessons do not force children to think ahead or visualize, as they must when playing music.”

Structure

Piano Lessons for young children provide fun and interesting music instruction to beginning students ages four and five. Because young children learn faster while having fun, computer games are used to teach music theory. The music theory session lasts 15 minutes and is followed with a 30-minute keyboard lesson. Singing and movement exercises are interspersed to keep children involved and teach concepts such as tempo, pitch and rhythm.

Students will learn to:

• Read music and play two octaves around middle C
• Use correct hand, body and arm position
• Play by ear and recognize intervals
• Recognize key signatures
• Write their own music

Lessons feature sight-reading, correct technique and theory.
Students will enjoy playing the piano and begin to read music
and explore both the keyboard and music in general.