I need advice and help in finding the best twaddle free piano curriculum for kids. My two 8-year-old children are taking piano lessons. The other day my daughter was given a song about goblins and ghosts to learn and sing, and she disliked it very much. At first, I told her to sing it because it was her homework. I then reconsidered and told her she didn’t have to if it made her uncomfortable.
Before putting her in formal-piano lessons, she had been learning to sing and play songs from the Simply Charlotte Mason Hymn study book. Learning and listening to this music was terrific and joyful for the whole family. However, my husband pointed out that she was learning a bad habit by playing with one finger and that she needed formal lessons before we continued any further.
Here is my issue. I would like for my daughter to learn piano in twaddle-free lessons. Why should she have to sing about goblins and ghosts? I mentioned this to the instructor, and she said she didn’t have to sing it, but she did need to play it for practice.
Then we discussed eventually switching over to the Simply Charlotte Mason Hymn study book. The instructor said that she would need an age/skill level appropriate book. My question is, do you know of a hymn study based piano curriculum that teaches all the skills required to learn the piano and read music independently? The teacher mentioned that she would eventually allow the kids to branch off into the music they like to play.
At this age, I have only two goals for these lessons. One, to equip the kids with the skills to learn an instrument, and two, learn and participate in the value of family worship through singing and playing hymns together.
