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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At BTSN DS’s 4th grade teacher seemed to be discouraging instrumental music. She kept mentioning that kids miss instruction time and have to make up on their own with the parents help. She also mentioned that it’s better to start in middle school etc. This is my youngest kid and the first time any teacher has discouraged taking instrumental music in 4th grade. My 3 older kids all did it and had no issues and I didn’t get this negative/discouraging rant from any of their 4th grade teachers. In fact they were all very supportive. 
Anyone else experience this ?[/quote]

We got that too - many kids miss compacted math, which already goes so fast.  So if a kid is borderline, it can be a problem to miss half a class a week. [/quote]

This is why the instrumental teachers rotate the lesson times, so the same group is not always missing the same portion of the teaching day.  Sometimes it can be tough for the kids to keep track, but that, too, is a good life lesson.[/quote] 
I told my 4th grader that she was allowed to stay in class and skip instrument if she thought she was going to miss important content.  I think she took me up on this twice last year, both times when she had been out for illness and didn't want to miss another math lesson.  I fully supported her choice.

She's been playing piano for years and can already read music, putting her way ahead of most of the class. It's fine to choose not to miss class--sometimes you have to prioritize.[/quote]

Bad idea as they don’t have piano in most schools and they only teach specific instruments in elementary.  [/quote]

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