Positive Results from Teaching a Young Boy Piano
I just have to share with you what arrived in my e-mail box this last week. First let me tell you a little about Sean. He came into my life when he was a tiny baby. I was teaching his two older sisters, and his Mom often came in with him when she brought the girls. Later I baby sat him for his mother. When the children lost their natural grandmother, I became his adopted grandma. Because Sean was with me a lot, we started working on piano when he turned 5. At that time I would draw the Animal Notes on hand drawn staffs to help him read the notes.
He e-mailed me his recent English paper which tells his story in his own words. Hopefully, it will encourage you to agree to teach young children. The Animal Notes will help you, and you will have the opportunity to develop a wonderful talent for these youngsters.
Sean Dandurand
April 22, 2007
English Composition
Piano
Thanks to my adopted grandma, I am talented at playing the piano.
I¹ve been playing the piano since I was in kindergarten. Since I was young, my adopted grandma has been teaching me for several years. She was always telling me to practice, but I wasn¹t always that good about doing so. Every week I went to see her and I had not practiced. When I would finish playing, she would say, “Œ¹ Sean, you didn¹t practice this week, did you?” She didn¹t even have to ask me, she just knew. She made me play the song seven times for every day I missed practicing. When I got older, I got tired of playing the same song over and over. I knew she was trying to teach me more than to play the piano. She was teaching me patience and concentration. The piano is really fun, but only when you play the song you like. Now that I am a lot older, I play bigger books and a little more advanced songs like Moonlight Sonata. The thing was my grandma moved away out of town. So, she asked my mom if she could teach at our house every Thursday. Mom agreed. Now I have to admit that I would never have this talent if it wasn¹t for my adopted grandma. I wouldn¹t even be thinking of playing the piano. Now I think I will try to play more songs and get more into piano. That is how I got my talent, all thanks to my adopted grandma.
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