Parents, you can prepare your young child to read music with piano or keyboard lessons that you can teach at home. It isnt difficult to teach young children keyboard basics that will not only prepare them to read music but prepare them for piano lessons as well.

Many parents who dont play the piano or read music believe they are unqualified to give their young children a musical foundation at home. Not true. Everyone who learns to play the piano or keyboard learns the same thing. It doesnt matter if you are 4years old, or 40 years old, or 64 years old. Children, however, benefit more from keyboard lessons because their brains are wired for absorbing language, and that includes the language of music.

By teaching music pre-skills to your young children at home they will get even more out of piano lessons when they are ready for formal musical training. Piano or keyboard lessons have many benefits for children such as improved math and reading skills, improved language skills, and improved overall education achievement. So dont leave out music when you are preparing your young child for school. Get a keyboard or a piano and begin giving your child a musical foundation at home today.

Just as parents teach their children to read, you can give your young child a head start with foundational music language skills. Start today and youll be amazed at how much you and your young child can learn about the piano.

Cynthia VanLandingham

Cynthia VanLandingham's Piano Adventure Bears Music Education Resources create an exciting musical adventure for children ages 5 to 11. Visit PianoAdventureBears.com for free samples of her Piano Adventure Story Books and piano resources for children. She is also the author of The Wonder Guide to Creativity.

Cynthia has been teaching piano in Tallahassee, Florida for 20 years and is the owner of TallyPiano & Keyboard Studios. She is a member of the American College of Musicians National Guild of Piano Teachers, the President of TallyPiano Enterprises, LLC, and a graduate of the Florida State University College of Education. Visit her website at TallyPiano.com to download her original, uplifting piano compositions, including "The Potter's Wheel." While you're there subscribe to her free internet newsletter, Piano Matters, and read the Wonder Guide to Creativity Online.

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