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now i see this the other way around. i have been teaching beginners since i was 15 and first got my teaching diploma. ANd i find it makes a much better piano student if the child already knows how to read. Not necessarily fluently, but understands the concept that the little black squiggles on the page represent certain distinct sounds - ie the patterns i supppose are laid down in her brain and she understands the concept o reading. once that is achieved, it is much easier for the music eacher to produce a good student. Because ( and this is all my personal point of view, based on my own experience, form my personal perspective, no research etc) there is nothing so difficult to teach as the extremely intelligent, very musical child who can remember 'by ear' or worse still, finds out for herself the correlation between finger and note on the page - and boy is it hard to unlearn that one...! What say ye, all you other piano teachers out there, and is it any different with other instruments? hilary blue janet paterson wrote: > > Reading, writing and rhythm > > (April 4, 2000 12:07 a.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - Imagine that someone assured you that having 4-year-old kids study the piano would improve their future performance in school. Would you expect that person, in the next breath, to try selling you the Brooklyn Bridge? >