Should we buy
the kids piano lessons, or forgo that so one parent can stay at home?
Not exact matches
Some of her friends» parents demand that their
kids take five APs a semester, take
piano lessons, learn two languages, and more.
I have taught in a
kid's snow ski school, taught beginner
piano lessons, and taught Pre-K English
lessons in South Korea.
In my years as lead parent, I have gotten the
kids out of the house in the morning; enforced bedtimes at night; monitored computer and TV use; attempted to ensure that homework got done right; encouraged involvement in sports and music; attended the baseball games,
piano lessons, plays, and concerts that resulted; and kept tabs on social lives.
If your
kids are constantly forgetting their music for
piano lessons, for instance, warn them in advance: «You're old enough now to take responsibility for your own music, without me reminding you or driving it to you if you forget.»
Now I juggle three
kids, school,
piano and violin
lessons, play dates, board meetings, community obligations and the works.
A few years ago, my
kids took
piano lessons from a friend of mine, and her house always smelled like magic.
Muting the Mozart Effect Harvard Gazette, 12/11/13 «Though it has been embraced by everyone from advocates for arts education to parents hoping to encourage their
kids to stick with
piano lessons, a pair of studies conducted by Samuel Mehr, a Harvard Graduate School of Education doctoral student working in the lab of Elizabeth Spelke, the Marshall L. Berkman Professor of Psychology, found that music training had no effect on the cognitive abilities of young children.»
Jenn Charlot remembers how, as a
kid, she wanted to quit her
piano lessons.
«I took
piano lessons so if I got fired, I could teach
kids drama,» he said.
Perhaps sometime soon, we'll see great
lesson plans join the Star Wars
kid,
piano - playing kittens, and sneezing pandas as Internet sensations.
Extras like braces for his
kids,
piano lessons and the occasional vacation.
Except for
piano lessons when I was a
kid and a brief spate of guitar playing in my teens, I've never played an instrument.
Between recruiting the best and brightest minds as the vice president of human resources at Berkley Consulting; shuttling the
kids to soccer, day care, and
piano lessons; convincing her son's teacher that he may not, in fact, have ADD; and making it home in time for dinner, it's a wonder this over-scheduled, over-achieving Harvard graduate has time to breathe.
-- Paying for some school activities at school for the
kids is either cash or cheque — Private
piano or music
lessons — Deposit on equipment for sports requires a cheque — Rent probably requires a cheque post dated for many — Investing with Transfer Agents requires a cheque (computershare or canstock)
Sadly hers is old and the surface up close was scratched in a lot of spots, I think that also added to her dislike but she loves her
piano again not that it's white, and her
kids have started taking
lessons too!