10 Reasons Your Kids Don't Practice Their Music And What Parents Can Do About It edition by Erin Pearson Arts Photography eBooks
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10 Reasons Your Kids Don’t Practice Their Music And What Parents Can Do About It takes a unique and interdisciplinary approach to the problem of music practicing frequency in beginning grade school age music students. Drawing on concepts from neuroscience, parenting, personal organization, systems theory, behavioral psychology, and various other educational learning theories, this book introduces principles that will help you develop a plan for music practicing with your kids and help them achieve their goals.
10 Reasons Your Kids Don't Practice Their Music And What Parents Can Do About It edition by Erin Pearson Arts Photography eBooks
A must-read for all parents who want their kids to learn music AND for music teachers like me!When I was a kid, I loved music and music performance but I felt pressure to practice the piano and shame when I didn't show up to my lessons fully prepared. When I became a music teacher I empathized with my students for not wanting to practice and it was difficult for me to know how to handle the often very slow progress they were making. Now that I'm a mom wanting her children to reap the multitude of benefits of learning how to play an instrument, I find my kid dreading practice and lessons. I was so tired of fighting about it that I was about to give up on piano. Then I read this book.
The author takes the pressure off of everyone! All of a sudden, the learning process can be tailored to each child and the values of the family. She lead me through a process of thinking about what we really want for our kids and their experience of music, considering our kids and their unique desires and interests, and how to line up their music practice/performances/lessons with all of these influencing aspects. Maybe my kids won't be great at the piano, or maybe they just need time to experience the "upward spiraling system" and then they'll discover their own desire and potential for learning music. Either way, I feel more free to tailor our kids' music experience to them and stop comparing them to others or some practicing ideal that rarely happens. I am so thankful to have found this book!
The pressure is OFF and music potential is possible!
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10 Reasons Your Kids Don't Practice Their Music And What Parents Can Do About It edition by Erin Pearson Arts Photography eBooks Reviews
Erin Pearson's passion for encouraging children to enjoy and engage with music really shines through this book. She gets past the usual frustrations and blame that sit in the middle of the parent, teacher, child triangle and helps the parent sort it out. Her key message, which resonates, is get under the WHY you want to do this, so that you can measure your progress towards the goal. I wish Erin's book had been around during my aborted attempts to learn music, and dancing.....
Yes! You heard that right. Though the workbooks and the examples are aimed squarely at music - this could apply to any activity including studies. Erin has provided a system that is portable to a host of other activities, globally. Kudos Erin!
I want all my guitar students' parents to read this book!
The bane of every music teachers life is getting the students to practice. I got dragged into teaching guitar to children aged between five and 12 years old by my music teacher partner about four years ago. She has a very skilled music teacher and musician who in turn is mentored by an even more experienced music teacher. Many of our friends and acquaintances are involved locally in the world of playing or teaching live music on real instruments. I am the least skilled and most inadequate of that bunch and got dragged into teaching reluctantly to fill a gap which I thought be temporary. Here I am four years later, still feeling inadequate but loving the results I see in my students when they begin to see progress in their own musical journey as they acquire sufficient skills and proficiency to play well enough to express themselves through their instrument. However getting to that point is the challenge. Getting them to practice is the key. Some students and naturals and will also be self disciplined enough or motivated enough to practice unaided. Most music students need encouragement and support to get to that point and that's where parents come in... And that's where Erin's book comes in.
I wish I'd had this book 4 years ago! Like everything about parenting there is no manual to teach parents how to best encourage their children to practice music. Some parents have more skills and knowledge than others, of course. Especially those who are musicians themselves. Most of my students have parents who are either not musicians or who are not sure of how to best encourage their children to practice consistently. Short periods of consistency other key to making steady progress in learning any musical instrument. Erin's book identifies 10 key issues gleaned from her nearly 14 years as a music teacher and singer songwriter. At a quick glance through them I can identify with them all as a fellow music teacher. So I know that she knows what she's talking about.
I haven't read every word in Erin's book yet because I find myself ducking and diving all over to the areas that interest me the most. Probably the areas that I feel least knowledgeable and am looking for tips to offer my students parents to help them help their children. Like every teacher, I want my kids to succeed and I know the huge joy that they will experience in being able to express themselves through a musical instrument - even if they only end up playing it for their own pleasure, or for the pleasure of a few select friends and family. I also know that some will take it much further and go on to huge success or even minor local success but end up giving pleasure to many other people through their lifetime via their music. This is the joy of the music teacher who sees the student succeed.
The frustration for the music teacher is seeing students give up before they get to that point with a gain enough skill to experience the first sparks of joy from expressing their inner selves through their instrument. This is where parents who can encourage their children and support them through that first difficult period of learning the physical skills and the musical knowledge to get them to that critical point.
I believe this book by Erin Pearson can be the key to that. It's aimed at parents rather than music teachers per se. Although I'm sure, like me, music teachers reading this book will get tons of ideas, I'm sure this book could really be a lifesaver for parents feeling out of their depth in knowing how to encourage the child and their music. They know what a blessing music can be and how healthy and transformative it can be and a child's life through the earliest and most difficult years of their life but not quite sure how to encourage them without putting so much pressure on them that it actually turns them off music instead.
Each reason Erin identifies clearly explains what's going on from the child's perspective the parents perspective and the teacher's perspective. Erin explains how different personalities and family backgrounds influence each child's individual characteristics of temperament and self-discipline and how they pertain to music practice. Her observations are not necessarily unique and Erin draws from existing wisdom as well is adding her own unique perspective and expert advice.
The best aspect of this book, for me, are the workbooks at the end of each section. The book is broken down into the 10 reasons mentioned in the title and at the end of each section is a practical workbook which may be employed on a daily basis by parents to help them both understand, guide, and chart the progress of their child's music practice. These are clear and easy to follow and I'm sure they are based on Erin's many years of experience as a music teacher, because they are infinitely practical, common sense steps laid out for you to follow.
I've already told all my fellow music teachers (at Saturday Music, where I teach) about this book and I'm planning to make up a flyer to hand out to parents to recommend that they download a copy! I don't know if this is the best book available on this subject, but it's the best one I've come across so far. I'm planning to steal as many ideas from it as I can. I can't wait for Erin to write her next book aimed specifically at music teachers.
Erin Pearson (a musician with over 14 years of teaching music lessons) has done the research and put together a fantastic resource not only for parents with kids who can't find the time to practice, but I believe all music instructors could benefit greatly from this book.
The author makes it clear that this book is addressing the Level 1 issues (students who do not practice regularly). Starting with the basis of defining your family values, mission statement, and legacy, she lays out a practical plan with workbook links to the back of the book included. She also includes a link to download the workbook to use with Word.
I love this angle she takes, after having endured many different teachers efforts to keep me motivated on piano many years ago. Thinking of how one of my teachers threatened swats with the back edge of a ruler on my knuckles still makes me cringe today. This author's obvious goal is to get the students on board with why practicing regularly will get them to their musical goals with the explanation of "what you value most wins."
The author mixes commonly used business goal-setting terms (S.M.A.R.T. goals, etc) in a way that will bring any parent on board in a relevant, easy to understand method. I personally think this book could also be used for college-aged music majors who sometimes lose their way on why to practice.
Content of the Book 5 stars
Formatting 5 stars
Including Workbook 5 stars
As a survivor of many years of piano lessons myself, a former piano teacher, and mom of kids who took music lessons, I highly recommend this book.
A must-read for all parents who want their kids to learn music AND for music teachers like me!
When I was a kid, I loved music and music performance but I felt pressure to practice the piano and shame when I didn't show up to my lessons fully prepared. When I became a music teacher I empathized with my students for not wanting to practice and it was difficult for me to know how to handle the often very slow progress they were making. Now that I'm a mom wanting her children to reap the multitude of benefits of learning how to play an instrument, I find my kid dreading practice and lessons. I was so tired of fighting about it that I was about to give up on piano. Then I read this book.
The author takes the pressure off of everyone! All of a sudden, the learning process can be tailored to each child and the values of the family. She lead me through a process of thinking about what we really want for our kids and their experience of music, considering our kids and their unique desires and interests, and how to line up their music practice/performances/lessons with all of these influencing aspects. Maybe my kids won't be great at the piano, or maybe they just need time to experience the "upward spiraling system" and then they'll discover their own desire and potential for learning music. Either way, I feel more free to tailor our kids' music experience to them and stop comparing them to others or some practicing ideal that rarely happens. I am so thankful to have found this book!
The pressure is OFF and music potential is possible!
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