| Generally young children who enjoy educational | | | | 4. Learning to use their hands at the piano |
| activities such as reading, coloring, crafts and word | | | | 5. Visualizing five-finger hand positions and finger |
| games also enjoy playing the piano. One reason is | | | | numbers |
| because they enjoy doing things with their hands. Did | | | | This knowledge is not difficult to give your children at |
| you know that there are games and activities available | | | | home. All you need are the right resources and of |
| like this for young children that will give them a musical | | | | course a keyboard. You'll be giving your child musical |
| foundation as well? If you plan to give your young child | | | | values and educational opportunities that will prepare |
| piano lessons or if your child is taking piano lessons | | | | them for a positive future of learning. Piano lessons |
| they can benefit greatly from musical games and | | | | also help children learn |
| activities at home. There are many foundational | | | | - key reading and math skills; |
| keyboard abilities children can learn at home while | | | | - how to set goals to achieve their dreams; and |
| having fun that will give them a musical head start in | | | | - the need for self discipline and persistence; and |
| piano. Here's 5 of these. | | | | - how to take responsibility for their success. |
| 1. Drawing and Visualizing the Piano Keyboard | | | | So take advantage of the early years and give your |
| 2. Learning the musical alphabet in a variety of ways | | | | child even more of what they love to do with musical |
| 3. Learning keyboard theory concepts for note reading | | | | learning games and activities they'll enjoy. |