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A nanny can be a key player in a child's success at music lessons, says Jan Hurst When the child in your care takes up a musical instrument for the first time, it is likely to be down to you as their carer to facilitate lessons, supervise practice - and keep up a good attitude. If a child has a positive experience when learning a musical instrument, the benefits can be enormous, helping them to relate good habits of practice and performance to other areas of life and discovering a lifetime's outlet of relaxation and pleasure. If, however, learning a musical instrument becomes a cause of friction within the family, the child may be left feeling a failure and disliking lessons and music in general.

When the child in your care takes up a musical instrument for the first time, it is likely to be down to you as their carer to facilitate lessons, supervise practice - and keep up a good attitude. If a child has a positive experience when learning a musical instrument, the benefits can be enormous, helping them to relate good habits of practice and performance to other areas of life and discovering a lifetime's outlet of relaxation and pleasure. If, however, learning a musical instrument becomes a cause of friction within the family, the child may be left feeling a failure and disliking lessons and music in general.

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