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Could be great if there's an online art class available..

Hey you can consider Muzart. Some of my friends have children in their programs, but I'm not sure how it works.. Not sure if they send u the materials since it's an online class.

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As a parent, I want to make sure that I give my children the choice, but also push them enough if they have potential but just lack effort. It is not easy to balance..

Agree it is a delicate balance between encouraging perseverence and putting on pressure and risk killing the interest. Sometimes I wonder at what age or when do we consider them to be capable of making good judgment when deciding what they want.

Now that I'm older with my own kids, I joke with my parents that they were too easy on my sister. Since when do parents listen to their kids when they decide to quit? Hahaha

I guess if the child really has potential, some pressure is good? Otherwise, children give up too easily, or learn how to trick us into letting them quit anything that becomes difficult :scared:

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I'm keen to find out about this too. Can anyone share your experiences please? Thanks!

Sorry to be so late. I missed your post.

For any parent who is still interested, my child started JMC at 4.5 yo, then started JXC for a term and switch to individual class at 7 yo. She took ABRSM grade 2 a year later, distinction. Now she also just got her grade 5. She was already reading notes on her own in JMC as she played the pieces at home using the JMC book. My other child who started piano individual at 7 now got ABRSM grade 3 too.

My take is, if your child is showing signs of interest in music and hitting at the keys on the keyboard (happened to mine) at 3-4 yo, JMC is a great music program for younger kids. If your child is not able to sit through 30mins, like my other, no hurry, Individual lesson can start at 6 or 7. no need prior learning before that. I would advise not to force learning music/piano onto a child if it is premature. Mine told me he wish to learn the piano at 7 before we started.

Piano lessons need finger coordination and on both hands first, whether on keyboard or acoustic piano. so JMC still will benefit learning. But if you want to learn piano as an instrument seriously, individual lessons are geared towards fingers and hand techniques etc. Most ideal if the child can continue both JXC and individual lessons after 6-7years old; JXC is good for ensemble and music appreciation, I also understand it got composition component while individual lessons is good for techniques, theory etc. But once kids start primary school, time is a critical factor.

I try to find more chances for both kids to play ensemble together to make up for what individual lessons lack. Piano teacher also organises regular performance classes for students to show case their learning.

Music is like English, encompasses several components, and piano is an instrument to learn music. These two go hand in hand.

We have to ask ourselves what do we wish to achieve at the end? pianist? piano teacher? music teacher?
For me, music is a good therapy for my high energy kids. It helps with focus span and practicing teaches discipline. It is good for developing fine motor skills. For my hyperactive boy, it has improved his cognitive skills. He is doing better in school and more confident now.
For my higher ability (not tested but at least comparatively) girl, she just simply enjoys the sound of the piano and how her fingers can do magic. And I think piano satisfies her ears' hunger for the fineness of beautiful sounds.

thanks so much for this reply.
i am browsing around , have thoughts to introduce music to my 3.5 daughter. reason because she loves music, moves around when music started to play(not sure isit love dancing or just music).
thats why i have plans to let her to try out this JMC to see if she likes or not.

I myself learnt piano before when i am 6, i rem when i am young, my parents sent to me 1-1 piano class at another sch. i dun rem i have any great interest in it, I only rem I am asked to go and so I attended the weekly piano lesson. 4 -5 years had passed, it became more and more difficult, I am unable to pass when i reaches grade 4or 5 i think, keep failing and i feel so depress and hate going to lessons, when i reach p6, I need to deal with i think grade 6 exams and psle, stressed and cant cope and skipped lessons. eventually i told my parents i wan to give up piano because I dun like(also because it become so dificult that i cant cope and I dun have anyone to seek up to.)
I dun rem my parents ever ask me if i love piano or not.

Thats why I myself does not want to end up like what my parents did.
Must really ask what your kid wants.
thats what i think. :oops:[/quote]Hi Ginny, I'm here to add on to your comments. You are right, we must ask the kid whether or not he/she likes piano.

For myself, I went through Kindertune and JMC since 4 yrs old. When I switched to 1-1 lessons, I did so badly for ABRSM sight reading that my parents decided not to send my younger sister to JMC. JMC simply didn't build that foundation skill.

I also failed Grade 4 and at that point, my parents asked if I wanted to continue, and they would respect my decision. I think that was a turning point in my music journey because I was finally given a chance to decide for myself. In the end, I stuck with it and at 30+ yr old still playing all my past Grade 8 songs and diploma songs for leisure.

My sister on the other hand, gave up at Grade 6 because my parents also said it is her choice. But as a parent now I felt that my parents could have just pushed my sister to just take the final Grade 8 exam and at least it will be \"completed\". As a parent, I want to make sure that I give my children the choice, but also push them enough if they have potential but just lack effort. It is not easy to balance..

Parents, care to share how your children have been coping with online piano lessons?

Personally I chose the group route for my children. I find that there is more cross-learning from peers, and this helps my kids remember better. My friend advised that private tutor can help the children advance faster because it is 1-to-1, but sometimes private tutor doesn’t have the experience to plan a curriculum well.