Ok SharonA

I go along with the 'lies to children' educational approach too, but sometimes just getting beginners to an understanding of the real basic theory is easier in the long run... you don't have to get them relearn things... and some never will want to relearn things correctly...

The learning of some basic musical theory is inevitable if you really want to progress as a muso, just ask any long term player here, you will find many such reinforcing quotes from them in the past threads.