vyacheslav
Senior Member
Hello,
I have recently started to build a decent sized teaching practice through a local music store. I am comfortable teaching all styles but I am mostly teaching beginners for now.
My students seem to keep getting younger and younger. My question to my fellow teachers is:
How young is too young?
I know that is a question without a concrete answer, but I currently have two 8 year olds, a 7 year old and someone at the store just signed up a 5 year old, whom I had my first lesson with this evening.
The 5 year old doesn't read-music or even basic words-yet. He can count to 10, and barely knows his left from his right. Is he too young? I am not really sure what I can teach him with his cognitive level right now. I usually start beginning students with the Alfred Snare Drum or Alfred Drumset Beginning Methods. I think even that is way over his head at this point.
Does anyone here have any tips or advice on teaching beginning, young (7 and under) students? I have no trouble teaching beginners, but that's assuming they can understand beats, measures, quarter notes, basic rudiments etc. and can read about them and comprehend the concepts.
Thanks for your help,
V
I have recently started to build a decent sized teaching practice through a local music store. I am comfortable teaching all styles but I am mostly teaching beginners for now.
My students seem to keep getting younger and younger. My question to my fellow teachers is:
How young is too young?
I know that is a question without a concrete answer, but I currently have two 8 year olds, a 7 year old and someone at the store just signed up a 5 year old, whom I had my first lesson with this evening.
The 5 year old doesn't read-music or even basic words-yet. He can count to 10, and barely knows his left from his right. Is he too young? I am not really sure what I can teach him with his cognitive level right now. I usually start beginning students with the Alfred Snare Drum or Alfred Drumset Beginning Methods. I think even that is way over his head at this point.
Does anyone here have any tips or advice on teaching beginning, young (7 and under) students? I have no trouble teaching beginners, but that's assuming they can understand beats, measures, quarter notes, basic rudiments etc. and can read about them and comprehend the concepts.
Thanks for your help,
V