5 Reasons why homeschool and hybrid school families choose online music lesson for their kids
Many kids that are homeschooled or have a day off at hybrid schools will fit music lessons in as their own way of getting a music education. Sometimes a student will log on right after a math or science class, then head back to the school day.
This is a great way for children to view music lessons as not just a hobby, but also an important and structured part of their learning in general. Learning a musical instrument presents a specialized set of problem solving skills as well as the need to use abstract and creative thinking on a weekly basis.
This will greatly enrich a student’s mind and help them across the board in their education.
Access to the best teachers
One thing that might not occur to most people looking for music lessons is that quite often, the best musicians and teachers aren’t available in the evening hours. This is because high caliber musicians are often playing live or involved in recording projects in the evening hours.
This presents a perfect opportunity for students with flexible morning and afternoon availability because now they have access to teachers who normally would not be free.
The combination of performance, recording, and educational experience is what makes us not just teachers, but passionate and dedicated music mentors.
No travel required
The best teachers and musicians in the world tend to live in or near major cities. Unfortunately for the student, this may mean sitting in traffic on the way there, finding a space, rushing to a lesson, and sitting in traffic on the way back.
By the time you’re done, several hours have gone by and suddenly your child is behind in schoolwork and you just lost time for things that need to be done at home.
The online music lesson experience solves all these problems! Parents love having their kids go to their favorite spot for lessons and have a quality lesson without any rushing or hassle.
Flexibility not bound by a school curriculum
In looking for online music lessons for your child, you may often see the phrase “individualized lessons”. Then you take a trial lesson, and sure enough the teacher whips out method book 1 and you’re playing the same thing everyone else does in their first lesson.
At KP Music Mentors, we offer a varied music programme to your child - from focusing on learning their favorite music, to very exhaustive technical and harmonic analysis. Within this there is a lot of overlap.
For example, a student may focus most of the lesson devoted to strumming simple pop songs while devoting a little time to sight reading. Over time this balance may change if the student decides to get very serious about music.
Teacher availability
Often times in school settings or music lesson studios, students are forbidden from asking their teachers questions outside of class. This can create issues since a student may really need help with a difficult thing they’ve learned midway before the next lesson.
At KP Music Mentors, we allow students to freely contact their teachers (within reason) by text if they are running into any issues. This is of course done with a parent’s knowledge, and we often link student’s parents to their child’s online lesson folders (google drive etc) and create group chats if need be.
Meeting training for kids
Many parents allow their kids to handle everything with the lessons except the billing of course. This means kids get experience attending a meeting, managing their own schedule and generally working like an adult professional - skills which help develop confidence and self-reliance.
“Keith delivered such a great first guitar lesson and experience for my 10-year-old son. After a year of begging for a guitar and lessons, we finally gifted him both for his birthday. I was concerned with finding the right instructor for him, primarily because I didn’t want this to be a novel experience, quickly vacated as soon as he realized it will take real effort. Keith got him interested and started a fire in him right out of the gate. My son didn’t know how to hold the guitar before his first lesson. Within the first half-hour, he was holding it, tuning it and strumming the first few notes of a real song. He hasn’t stopped since! Success!”
KP Music Mentors offer live Zoom-based and affordable online music lessons for kids at all levels.
Whether your child wants to play along with some simple songs or is a very serious student looking to attend a conservatory and enter advanced music curriculums, we can help.