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Starting music lessons

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icklekid · 10/04/2021 06:30

My ds school have just sent out information about 1:1 music lessons starting at his school from year 2 upwards. He is in year 2 and has said he would like to but he is academically not doing brilliantly- he struggled and had speech therapy for several years age 3/4 and obviously lockdown hasn’t helped! It’s £12 a lesson which feels like a lot if it’s going to be something else he finds hard. My gut is to wait another year - he’s not even turned 7 yet (summer birthday) but I also think children can learn a lot by learning an instrument.

Interested in when other children started learning an instrument and how they found it?
Thanks!

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Ohdoleavemealone · 10/04/2021 06:50

I started lessons in year 4. Our school allowed it from year 3 but my parents wanted to check I was committed for a year before paying out.
I think this was a good idea.
My son has been asking for piano lessons. I bought a cheap keyboard to see if he was really interested but he rarely uses it so I won't be paying for lessons in September.

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