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From: preece@ccvaxa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: music lessons for young children
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Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 11:48:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 31 11:48:00 1985
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>	the instructor advises that the child should practice no more
>	than several minutes a day.
>	We don't force our child to practice, but we do try to make a game of
>	it and interest him in playing.
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We do insist on our daughter practising, but we also do it with her, so
that she doesn't get the idea that it's an iniquitous burden on her.
In her particular case it has been quite clear that she enjoyed the
lessons and the playing when she was making progress (most obviously by
being allowed to learn new pieces).  The progress goes hand in hand with
practice.  It's a weird sort of love/hate thing.  The tedium of practice
is tightly linked to the satisfaction of progress and making beautiful
sounds.  When practice is part of daily routine it's really not that
much of a fight.  She can hear the improvement she can make in a single
session.  It's the dragging away from television that's usually the
fight.

scott preece
gould/csd-urbana
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