The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #84521 Message #1560973
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
11-Sep-05 - 08:58 AM
Thread Name: Flute stuff
Subject: RE: Flute stuff
I have a suggestion. You get out your instruments, and start playing music with her as soon as you can. Nothing makes an activity more valuable to a kid than knowing that the family considers it something important to their family life.
I have a friend who is a piano tuner. The tuners all agree about this: if a child is taking lessons and the piano is in the basement, the lessons will be a failure. If the piano is in the living room, the lessons will take. (I guess we can all figure out why without me writing an essay on it.)
I remember with fondness the times that I got out my guitar, the nieces got out there instruments from school, and we all played and sang together. The kids never had to be persuaded to join in.