Reply to How much is your 2nd grader practicing her instrument if she plays classical

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "How much is your 2nd grader practicing her instrument if she plays classical"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG.  Please don’t force your 7 yr old to practice more than once per week.  What is wrong with you?[/quote]

I hope you're joking[/quote]

Of course I’m not.  Who in the right mind would force a 7 yr old to play violin every day- if they don’t want to.  Is this for their benefit or yours? [/quote]

If you're not willing to enforce practice time for a 7-year-old, then music lessons are clearly not right for your family. I taught a kid who never practiced, and it was awful--week to week he would fail to improve, and I really questioned what the point of it was. I was really happy when COVID came along and I could easily justify ending lessons with him. Complete waste of my time. You simply cannot learn to play an instrument without regular, daily practice.

That said, unless the child shows enormous promise and motivation, long hours of practice are not necessary. 15-20 minutes of focused practice ought to be necessary. And for context, it would be ridiculous to say that a 7-year-old shouldn't be required to read or do math for 15-20 minutes daily. Why should music lessons be different? [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics