[Parent-child growth trace 0 18] Talking about learning the piano.

Are there any children learning piano in your family?

Have you ever worried that children won't practice the piano?

What do you do when a child wants to give up learning the piano?

Parents with piano children always have deep feelings and feelings when talking about these topics. It's good to learn piano, but it's hard to learn piano. Parents can persist in learning piano in primary school.

Let's talk about those things that my family learns piano sweetly. It's really sweet and sour. Last summer vacation, I began to learn from my teacher for a year and a month. On Tuesday, she took the piano level 3 exam of China Musicians Association, which was a demonstration of her academic achievements. Tian Tian said that she played a wrong note in the last song "Outing", which felt better than playing at the teacher's house. According to the observation of the child's father, she was still very happy on the day of the exam. It seems that she is not nervous at all, and she looks like she has a plan. No matter what the test results are, I am delighted with this sweet self-confidence and calmness, but I also know that this self-confidence can not be separated from the hard work during this period.

Two or three months ago, the teacher told sweets about the piano exam. Her first reaction was "I don't want to take the piano exam." Then Tian Tian asked me, "What if I can't pass the exam?" I told my children that the grading test is only to test our academic performance. As long as you work hard in this process, it doesn't matter even if you haven't passed the exam. There is no need to worry about the result. With hard work, our playing skills will naturally improve. After all, the process of unloading the psychological burden of exams and practicing the piano is boring and monotonous. In particular, every time a child starts to learn a difficult new song, there will always be a fear of difficulties. At this time, parents' supervision, companionship and encouragement are especially needed.

During the first half of studying piano in Tian Tian, I will have more time to accompany her in class and practice. In class, I will write down the main points the teacher said in my notebook, so that I can focus on them when I practice at home. Children are good at imitating, and I will study and practice with them, such as taking turns playing music or playing four-handed piano. I tried to let the children choose which song to play first by drawing lots. I have also tried to stamp and stick stickers and other reward methods. I also tried to be a host in turn and hold concerts in turn. When children can't keep practicing for a long time, we will set a tomato clock, practice for 25 minutes at a time, rest for 5 minutes in the middle, and practice another tomato clock. Sometimes sweets will say to me, "Mom, I'm tired, and my battery is dying." There are many ways to replenish energy, such as tickling, playing Woodenhead and mirroring games. After laughing, she still has the energy to continue playing the piano. However, not every time you practice the piano, you are so relaxed and happy. When children are inattentive and impatient, when the "brain box" is opened and the lion's roar is opened, it is easy for both sides to fall into a power struggle. If they are deadlocked, children are more likely to reject practicing the piano. Therefore, when children learn musical instruments for the first time, it is especially necessary to test their parents' perseverance and patience. Sometimes it is necessary to make boring and monotonous "practicing the piano" as interesting as "playing the piano" through games, which can help children better overcome their fear of difficulties. I think, on the way to learn the piano, besides tears and sweat, there should be laughter and encouragement as companionship, which can make children persist for a longer time.

"Mom, the piano is too difficult. I don't want to learn. " Children sometimes want to give up learning piano. It's easy to give up, but the hardest thing in the world is to persist. When children want to give up, it is actually the time when parents need encouragement most. "Sweet, the piano is really difficult to learn. I can't play the three-level etude you are playing now, and I don't quite understand the dense music. Now you can be your mother's piano teacher! " Only by recognizing children's feelings and affirming their efforts can children be closer to their hearts. I will also tell my child that at that time, her parents supported her to learn the piano, and more hoped that she could feel the charm of music art and have a companion on the road of growth. No matter when she is lively and happy, or when she is lonely and sad, she can play a piano piece to express her inner feelings. At the same time, this concentration and persistence in learning art also made her more determined to face the life confusion she might encounter. This is an emotional understanding, but also needs to be reasonable. I will also tell my children that the piano is the king of musical instruments and is known as "the jewel in the crown of music". When playing the piano, you should look at your eyes, listen to your ears, remember the music score, sing with your mouth, move your fingers and sometimes kick your feet, which requires your brain to mobilize the functions of vision, hearing and movement at the same time. Persistent practice will greatly improve the coordination ability, audio-visual perception, memory and imagination of the left and right brains, and it will be easier to learn other knowledge and skills in the future. The child seems to understand, but magically, she no longer said that she didn't want to learn the piano.

I find that children learning piano is like walking through rolling mountains. Every time you learn a new song, you are climbing a mountain. Children need to overcome all kinds of obstacles and learn one note at a time. In this way, they climbed up step by step and practiced deliberately again and again, and finally they became familiar with the new song. If you practice with ease, the music will be as pleasant as flowing water, just like climbing to the top of the mountain, with a sense of pleasure and accomplishment that "all other mountains are shorter than the sky". . But soon, another new song that is more difficult to learn is another higher mountain to climb. This process can not only sharpen children's perseverance, endurance, confidence and courage, but also enable children to gain inner enrichment and joy after constantly overcoming difficulties and achieving their goals.

The famous educator Suhomlinski said: "The main purpose of music education is not to train musicians, but to train people." I think the significance of learning piano lies not only in learning to play wonderful piano music, but also in cultivating children's aesthetic ability, tempering their perseverance and encouraging them to pursue the spiritual quality of being upward and good.