The document discusses the importance of teaching children music. There are countless benefits to teaching music such as developing responsibility, teamwork skills, and improving math and language abilities. Music also teaches children the value of education and can help them want to take responsibility for practicing and their instruments. The author urges parents to make the decision to teach their children music, as it provides important life lessons and gives children a head start.

1. The importance
of teaching
children music
What are you teaching
your children?
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• Music is one of the most influential
things you could teach your children

3. • There are countless benefits for your
children to learn music at an early age
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4. Responsibility
Teamwork skills
Value of
education
Creativity
Math & Language
skills
Just to name a
few...

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• I have
experience
teaching
music lessons
to children for
over 4 years.

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• You can give
your child a
head start on
life by simply
teaching them
music.

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3 of the more important life lessons your
child will learn from music: Responsibility;
The value of education; Math, reading and
language skills.

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Responsibility is
a key thing for
your child to
learn while still at
a young age

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• Taking care
of their
instrument(s),
practicing
daily, keeping
up with
lessons, etc.

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• Learning
music will
also help
your child
WANT to
be
responsible

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•
An
education
is the
single
most
important
thing in a
child’s life

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• Music gives
your child a
different
outlook on
education.

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• Your child will realize how
what they are learning helps
them, and therefore see the
value in their education

14. •
Math, reading and language skills are
essential in todays world and taught all the
way up through high school and college
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• Adding up
notes,
measures,
keeping
time in 4/4,
3/4, 6/8 or
8/9 time

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• Learning how to read
music is like learning
a new language, and
it when a child learns
at an early age it puts
them way ahead of
the game.

17. • Will YOU
make the
important
decision to
teach your
children
music?
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Some of the
most important
life lessons your
child will learn,
they can learn
from music

19. TAKE NOTICE!
•
Music is being taken from elementary
schools and not being seen as important,
and it needs to be brought to parents
attention that the importance of teaching
their children music is greatly
undervalued and should be brought to
their notice.

20. •
I can personally tell
you from my
experiences how big
of a difference it
makes in a child’s life
if they learn music at
a young age
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