Preschool Piano Lessons at Li-San's Piano Studio in Spanaway combines leading educational materials to create a curriculum that is suitable for the very young pianist.
Li-San integrates the teaching methods of experienced early childhood educators, Naoyuki and Ruth Taneda (We Hear and Play) and Karri Gregor (KinderBach). The primary piano method used is KinderBach. This is supplemented by activities and materials from Music For Little Mozarts, Alfred's Premier Piano Course, and/or My First Piano Adventures for a broader educational experience.
We Hear and Play
A preschool child rarely has a natural drive toward piano instruction. The decision to play a musical instrument is usually made by the parents.
If it is left to the child, by the time they are capable of making such a decision they will have lost the most important years for musical development.
Goals
Starting between age 3 and 4, We Hear and Play teaches your child abilities which include
- development of rhythmic feeling
- a sense for musical structure
- musical literacy
- creative freedom
Authors
This method was conceived by Naoyuki Taneda, former professor at the National University for Music in Karlsruhe, Germany. Mr. Taneda is a piano educator and pianist. Mr. Taneda received his education as a pianist at the National University for Art and Music in Tokyo, Japan. He has won national piano competitions in Tokyo on multiple occasions. His course of study involved intensive, multiyear concert activity in Japan, coupled with orchestra concerts, chamber music, and premiere performances of modern music. During this course of study, he began to work with children and youth piano pedagogics, which formed the basis for his later success.
In collaboration with his wife, Ruth Taneda, his method of teaching absolute pitch underwent a multiyear trial phase and gradually expanded. She taught classes of preschool children at the Ettlingen music school, using this method, and without exception her students gained absolute pitch, in addition to many other abilities. Ruth Taneda studied music education and musicology at the Music University of Karlsruhe in Germany. From 1978 until 1994 she taught music in secondary school and high school, and in 1984 she began teaching and developing the We Hear and Play curriculum at the Ettlingen music school. Since moving to Japan in 1994, she has taught private piano lessons in Tokyo.
More information about the method: http://www.wehearandplay.com/taneda/index.htm
If it is left to the child, by the time they are capable of making such a decision they will have lost the most important years for musical development.
Goals
Starting between age 3 and 4, We Hear and Play teaches your child abilities which include
- development of rhythmic feeling
- a sense for musical structure
- musical literacy
- creative freedom
Authors
This method was conceived by Naoyuki Taneda, former professor at the National University for Music in Karlsruhe, Germany. Mr. Taneda is a piano educator and pianist. Mr. Taneda received his education as a pianist at the National University for Art and Music in Tokyo, Japan. He has won national piano competitions in Tokyo on multiple occasions. His course of study involved intensive, multiyear concert activity in Japan, coupled with orchestra concerts, chamber music, and premiere performances of modern music. During this course of study, he began to work with children and youth piano pedagogics, which formed the basis for his later success.
In collaboration with his wife, Ruth Taneda, his method of teaching absolute pitch underwent a multiyear trial phase and gradually expanded. She taught classes of preschool children at the Ettlingen music school, using this method, and without exception her students gained absolute pitch, in addition to many other abilities. Ruth Taneda studied music education and musicology at the Music University of Karlsruhe in Germany. From 1978 until 1994 she taught music in secondary school and high school, and in 1984 she began teaching and developing the We Hear and Play curriculum at the Ettlingen music school. Since moving to Japan in 1994, she has taught private piano lessons in Tokyo.
More information about the method: http://www.wehearandplay.com/taneda/index.htm