As a blogger mom, I have some free time on my hands, and I like to get involved in the education of my kids.
When I first decided they need to have music included in their homeschooling routine, I must admit that I thought about the expenses I will cut since paying for a tutor can be pretty expensive.
Public schools are not doing the best for teaching kids, and I do not have that much trust in the way they approach the educational needs of the young ones.
Kids no longer have to leave home to learn music One of the most important benefits I noticed right away was that my kids no longer had to leave home in order to visit their teacher.
I must say that I am more at peace now, knowing that they do not have to travel across the town just to get to their teacher.
A lifetime benefit Learning music can be very beneficial on the long term.
This is the type of discipline that I have always wanted to learn, but, as a child, my parents could not afford it.
I know that my kids, while learning how to play the piano, will gain a benefit that will last a lifetime.
Children learn at their own pace A thing that I was not so crazy about when it came to sending my kids away to learn music from their teacher was that they did not took the same time to learn the same things.
My daughter, who is three years younger than my boy seems to have trouble grasping certain concepts when trying to understand certain notes, while my son is much more proficient in learning new things.
Now, that they are at home, I help them whenever they need, and I do not have to keep one from advancing in learning, while I aid the other to understand the new stuff.
Cutting down costs As I have already mentioned, cutting down the costs was a very strong factor that influenced my decision to start offer my kids homeschooling for music classes, instead of paying for the expensive services of a professional teacher.
A creative activity Music theory may sound like a boring thing, but this is where I try to make things more interesting for my kids.
Besides teaching them about intervals, keys and interval numbers, I also stimulate them to try to create something themselves.
I believe that giving them the opportunity to play the piano while letting them fool around a bit with what they have learned will grant them the ability to get involved into a creative activity that will help them later in life.
Besides being an enjoyable activity, I think it will help them think more freely about life in general.
The advantage of online courses Of course, the question that I must answer to, first and foremost, is how I ended up teaching my kids music at home.
I am not a music teacher, but I like music a lot, and due to the fact that Internet is now full with online courses teaching music, I became quite good at it.
First of all, I was the one to learn the new things.
I did not want my kids to think about me as a newbie, so I strived to get enough information into my brain before even daring to teach them something.
Now they are involved in this process, in the same way as me, and there is nothing I like better than seeing them how interested they are in what they are learning.