Tips for Teaching Piano to Kids

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"I usually sing with my kids so they'll be, they'll be playing. G,A,B,G,A,B,G, and I'll sing that with them. And, last night I was teaching a child, an angel, cause it was Halloween, and so she was dressed as an angel, and she turned and said "stop!" Nonangelically. "Stop, every time you try to help me, you just confuse me." The little, little kids' like seven. And, it's true, you may have a wonderful method that works with nine of your kids, and it gets them to understand, and it gets them to hear it, and it gets them to see it and it gets them to play it, and that tenth kid, it won't work for. So. I'm here supporting you, telling you that you may have to be the most creative person in the world, for that tenth kid and figure out what it is that he or she needs and what it is that he or she is not getting. Because it will happen to you, that there's going to be a something that their just not getting, that, that some child is just not getting. And, so I hope that I've helped you out with some tips to try and use in your tool bag. What can you use to reach those kids that are not getting it? Don't lose hope though, there is, there is light at the end of the tunnel, they'll get it eventually. My name is Hope Wells and you have been watching expertvillage.com where experts from around the world gather to meet at your desktop."