Schoolhouse Crew Review for The KinderBach Online Piano Lesson Membership with Teacher Corner

I have been given the opportunity to do a review for KinderBach Online Piano Lesson for the TOS Review Crew. I have been provided 6 months access to this music curriculum.

 

KinderBach is geared towards ages 3-7, but can be used by those slightly below and over. Little Man falls slightly above in age as he just turned 8 a month ago.

  

You get access to over 240 lessons. You can use your computer, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, or Nook Tablet for the lessons. No waiting for books to come in the mail as you can download the lessons instantly to PDF’s and Audio MP3s. Lots of coloring pages, song books and access to all Teacher Corner materials. You will need a keyboard or piano. It doesn't have to be anything fancy. You can even download a keyboard on your tablet for this music curriculum.

If you have looked into the cost of having music lessons? Then you know that piano lessons can be expensive but, with KinderBach it’s pretty reasonable from the comfort of your home. KinderBach has a special price for their  Yearly Online Piano LessonMembership with Teacher Corner for $95.88 which works out around $7.99 month.

My son loves music and has wanted to learn how to play the keyboard that the Grandparents bought him awhile back. This Momma has no music ability at all! Taking him for homeschool piano lessons to teach him piano just wasn’t something we can manage at this time with our busy schedule. Having an online piano tutorial is something that I can manage to fit in my schedule. It travels with you on your many devices! You can try a Free Sample lessons before you decide to buy to see if it works for your family.

 

How have I used KinderBach Online Piano Lessons in my homeschool?

I have a music instruction program that travels when I am on the move! I took our laptop and used our tablets as the piano. I used KinderBach in the hospital, at different appointments. I think we even entertained a few other kids and they did the program while my son was doing his music lesson. It was quite entertaining and I got asked a lot of questions about the program.

We have been doing lesson 3-4 times a week. Depending on how much time we have Little Man will do two or more sessions each time. The lessons are no longer than 15 minutes a day.

My son just turned 8 in December and he was more active with the piano lessons at home rather than out. He's getting at that age where he doesn't just let it all go and embarrass himself away from home. He wasn't afraid to let it go and clap his hands or use rhythm instruments in the home. I changed the variety of instruments from banging pencils together to using actual rhythm instruments. His older sister joined us some days. 

My Thoughts:

I like that the music lessons are very interactive for kids. The videos are fun as you get to use your hands, dance, jump around, and bang things. It’s very multi-sensory in teaching music concepts. It’s just not reading from a music book or sitting at the piano. You get to see, hear, and do with each lesson. It definitely can be used with any learning style. The lessons are made so you can go at your own pace. It made my schedule flexible and very accommodating for a busy schedule, I worked around my schedule not a piano teacher’s schedule! That’s a big plus for me.

Over all Little Man enjoyed KinderBach. He didn’t always want to color the pages or do some of the interaction but, he did learn what was needed in each lesson. The piano lessons are thought out and put together well to help a child remember the lessons. He learned a lot from this music curriculum.

After doing this program with a child who just turned 8 I would have to say that I feel this program is geared more towards a children younger than 7. Then again each child is different so this could easily work for you with children who are on the older end. You will have to decide for yourself. My son likes to color and get silly. Sometime I did get a, “really mom do I have to do that?” I didn’t force him to do it either. He thought a child much younger is better suited for this program. Little Man is a good sport and he did ask when we are going to do KinderBach a few times.

The program does spend more time on pre-piano skills rather than piano skills in my opinion. It teaches a lot of the skill you need to learn before playing. Like keeping a beat and remembering where some of the keys are. It focuses on the music foundation prior to playing the piano. The kids do get to play the keyboard many times throughout the lessons.

 Pros:

•  I don’t have to leave my home for piano lessons. This saves time, gas money, and mad rushes out the door!
•  I can do the program anywhere with a laptop or tablet.
•  You can go at the pace of your child. A great way for learning piano and it is less stressful for them without the pressure of a piano instructor.
• Cost efficient if you have more than one child for a music curriculum. Even with printing you don’t have to buy student books for each child.
• No experience needed to teach piano or music instructions! Good thing for me as I mentioned I have no musical talent at all. I did learn a few things myself with this music curriculum.

Cons:

While I don’t see any of these cons effect leaning the skills needed to learn piano. They are more an issue of things that bug me.

• The screen gets a bit blurry when you enlarge the screen. I noticed it but, if my son did I am not sure.
• This is always a big con for me. The cost of printing the program. Ink is a precious commodity around my home. I printed in draft/economical mode to save money.
• I don’t feel this is a good fit for a child over 7. It is a good gauge to see if your older child is really interested in piano before you do more formal piano instruction.

Overall KinderBachOnline Piano Lessons taught a lot of good skills for learning how to play the piano, music instructions, and it’s a fun for the kiddos. I would recommend this online piano lessons as it is a great program.

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