They just didn't have the skills, curriculum or desire to work with this age group. So after a few months, I decided to make teaching my son a home-school project.
I pulled out all my old music education textbooks, dove deep into the library, and spent thousands of hours (and dollars!) researching methods, materials, and curriculum.
And out of frustration I started to develop my own.
On top of this, my son was also dealing with separation anxiety in preschool, so I spent months in preschool classroom...
So I learned a lot about what preschoolers respond to, what they don't, what motivates them and what doesn't...
On my quest of developing my own method to teach Alejandro, one of initial breakthroughs I stumbled upon was the concept of 'education scaffolding'...
Similar to how temporary structures are used in constructing a building, educational scaffolding can be any temporary structure, tool or technique to support and help your child with learning.
It can be the size of an instrument, or a limited number of notes, or even a specifically arranged piece of music.
After much trial and error, I discovered color is the best type of 'educational scaffolding'.
Especially for teaching preschoolers and young kids (typically aged 3-9) how to play piano...
However...