Is your little one interested in music?

Is your little one interested in music? Does he go to the piano and play with his fingers? 🙂 Or does he listen to different composers and try to follow along by waving his hands and tapping his feet? Or at least playing on pots with spoons and sticks? 🙂

You may have guessed that he has an interest in music that may remain for the rest of his life or only to a certain stage. No one knows this in advance, but interest in music can be fostered, although at this time it is necessary to have the right approach and communication with children so that music does not turn into a routine process and does not take a monotonous look at an early age.

Let’s go through this topic very briefly 🙂

We have heard many times: “He loved music so much, he played and arranged, we brought him to “N” place and soon his interest disappeared.

Or “he plays, sings, arranges for himself, but as soon as we ask, he shuts down.”

or “As soon as he moved on to playing a difficult piece, he soon lost interest and stopped playing the music”

To count the number of examples that might not have been the right approach or timely intervention, we might still not have tried, but we would know that we tried our best to maintain interest.

Sometimes it is better not to pay attention to the “special interest” of the child at all, because as a rule, when attention is paid to his “ordinary” behavior and it becomes an object of admiration, the child’s attitude towards this interest changes.

Sometimes, if we notice talent or good hearing, we are immediately taken to the best teacher for a music lesson, which is often demanding from the beginning, and in all this, the child’s pleasure and interest are lost, because the psyche and resources of every child cannot withstand the new things that come quickly to his head, rigor, demands and often other things. Comparisons with children.

Let’s think, what do we want now, at this moment, to be proud of the amazing data of the child and the parentage of this amazing child or to quietly turn this interest into something bigger, play by play and with the help of the right approach of the teacher?

If the second one, then this is a relatively long-term process, although there is no guarantee that this interest will follow for the rest of his life, but at least we will give the little one something to get past the interest and be able to appreciate music, be a good listener and have a good taste in music, which will be useful in many life situations. .

And the main advice is to look for a specialist at an early age who will simply love music, guide him into the world of music by playing and standing back, with interesting stories, where the meeting will end on a good note, that is, until the child gets bored of the process, and this time will slowly increase, depending on the opportunity .

It is important for the child to know that whether he plays or not, whether he sings or not, he will always be important to the teacher.

And the main thing: no teacher can raise all his students to become virtuosos, however, a few teachers can definitely raise all students to be good listeners, musicians and good people

Remember all this when we decide to choose a teacher at an early age.

Author: Tako Jordania, music therapist, composer, music teacher.