What Kind of Piano Teacher Should I Hire For My Child?

This is a take-off from the previous article and caters to you if you are indeed considering to have your child sign up for piano lessons. Once you’ve given the green light on the lessons, you’ve finished step one. The next step is to choose the right piano teach for your child. Below, you’ll find a list of qualities that will help you land the right teacher for your child.

Patience

Children are very sensitive to when adults aren’t very receptive or fond of them. If you choose a teacher who isn’t very patient or experienced with teaching kids, your child will pick up on that. They get intimidated when they sense that the adult who is training them is exasperated or disappointed. This could lead to ineffective learning. A teacher who is patient won’t mind repeating instruction over and is willing to do what it takes to help the child get through the lesson with as much learned as possible.

Humor and Discipline

Children love to play because it’s fun. If they see piano lessons as something fun and enjoyable, they are more likely to look forward to it and learn faster and more efficiently. A teacher with a great sense of humor can put a child at ease. This is especially important for when the child makes mistakes and is encouraged to do better the next time around instead of being scolded and slapped on the wrist with a ruler (that’s how my piano teacher did it back in my time—I never went back). A teacher who can make the lessons intensive yet fun can do wonders for your child’s expedient learning.

Children, however, have a tendency to test their limits and see how much they can get away with. A teacher with humor but can command respect from their students is a goldmine. They are able to keep a firm but gentle hand and end up encouraging your child even further.

Psychology

A piano instructor who has a good sense of psychology will make the best teacher for your child. It really helps for the teacher to be able to sense your child’s mood and personality and then be able to customize their teaching method to meet your child’s level and disposition. If your child is in a bad mood on a particular “piano day,” his/her teacher should be creative and resourceful enough to coax your child into getting in the zone for some “fun learning” and music-making. Any other teacher with a low EQ might not have the same dedication and could forfeit lessons for the day (without necessarily forfeiting their service fee for the day). The best teachers are also somewhat amateur psychologists and know how to handle the varying moods of children and be able to bring out the best in them.

Attendance and Persistence

While this is the last pointer in this enumeration, this is not necessarily the least important. In fact, it is the basic necessity in choosing any teacher for your child. An excellent teacher is one who is responsible not only in the execution of lessons but in their attendance as well. You are paying for their services and should get your money’s worth of quality instruction for your child. In the same breath, persistence is key when teaching children. A teacher who is too lenient and cannot get your child to follow through on an assignment will not help your child learn effectively or efficiently. The teacher simply cannot give in to a child’s lack of enthusiasm or stubborn apprehension and compromise or settle for less. A good teacher will insist that your child perform and improve but will do so in a manner that is encouraging and loving.

They say that a student ought to be a better and improved version of his teacher. This bears a lot of considering when you are looking for candidates as your child’s instructor. The kind of teacher you choose to hire could determine the kind of musician or music-lover –and more importantly, the kind of individual your child turns out to be. And because your child will be frequently spending a considerable amount of time with his/her teacher, choose someone whose values are similar or close to yours and your family’s.

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