Joe's Piano Lessons Flashcards

Whitney Naquin III

About this app

I am a parent myself, I have three boys involved in various programs some they love, and some not so much. My Youngest hated swimming so much we finally just gave up.
These days I’ve made a point to talk to many of my studio parents about the challenges we all face in finding the right piano lessons programs for your kids. Here’s a few common fears that often come up in some form or another:
• How they just know their kids will probably enjoy it for a while and then lose motivation.
• How they want their child to find a teacher they love and look forward to going to lessons with.
• How their piano lessons experience was lacking and they don’t want that same experience for their child.

I get it, I’ve experienced the bad side of all of these fears in various activities for my kids but then one day this happened:
We noticed our oldest was into dance so we put him in a class and next thing you know he’s practicing every day and showing off to every random stranger he could find.
What I learned from that experience was, as a piano teacher, my main mission is to take students who already are interested in piano, and instead of dampening that love, light a fire under them. Imagine:
Your child loves going to piano and hates to miss a lesson
Students are happy to practice because its fun for them so they practice 5 days a week plus the lesson. You never have to fight to make them practice.
You are always up to date on how your child is doing because the teacher updates you after every class
Your child is thriving and engaged and learning in a fun environment, so they leave piano class with a smile on their face
And so over the last few years I have taken the old strict, structured, and formal way of teaching piano and overhauled it. I have created a system to light fires instead of toss water on students. These days its pretty common for my students to tell me they’ve practiced every day. I ask them if their parents made them do it and they tell me to my face “No, We just like it.”
I love watching as the students are leaving, checking to see that they have a smile on their face.
Let me tell you about the program that I now use to make this happen!