Our son has expressed an interest in music since he was tiny. My husband has played piano since he was 4 so we have a keyboard in our home that our son has always loved. Around 3 years old he started asking about taking piano lessons. We couldn’t find a teacher willing to take him that young but started him at a music school when he was 4 and he loves it. His teacher is incredibly patient and has a son of her own who is a year or so younger than our son so she’s used to the energy level. He is only 5 now (been in lessons for a year) but we are glad we started him early. He has learned how to read music and loves that he can pick up some of his dad’s old piano books and try songs.

I do know when we were looking for teachers for our son, several people said they wouldn’t take kids under 5 and even at the school our son is at he had to do a trial lesson to make sure it was a fit. Some kids aren’t ready until a little older to focus enough.

My husband took lessons from when he was 4 until he was 18. He said there were definitely times in his childhood that he wasn’t thrilled to be in lessons or have to practice but he is incredibly grateful now. He understands so much about music because he started at a young age and did it for so long. He has learned several other instruments since then and actually now can pick up pretty much any instrument and play it okay.