To start playing easier songs without help, it takes usually about half a year for children, which is about 20 lessons taken in total.
This is in case when there is one lesson per week and child practises at least three hours per week at home too.
It depends how fast child develops. Usually good age to start is 7. But some children can start from 5 or 6 when they are ready.
Piano is an instrument which needs certain patience and willingness to focus for periods of time. Teaching piano to a child mainly depends if child has enough attention span to work with instrument at least 15 to 20 minutes in one go.
Age doesn’t mean that younger children can’t participate in music. Yes, they can, but learning is different.
This should be more playful and on their level. I suggest to find some musical group (for example Monkey Music) where kids sing, dance and play together. It will develop child's musical perception, hearing and rhythm understanding.
Such introduction to music gives good foundation to perceive rhythm and melody and helps to learn more sophisticated instruments in the future.
After this, starting at age 5, your child is more prepared to come and try some piano lessons.
Increase your child exposure to music:
For regular students who take lessons at least once a week, the lessons will take place on the same weekday and time.
When a student wants to have irregular lessons or less often than once a week, they need to book each lesson separately and having the same time is subject of availability.
Any changes to scheduled lessons need to be communicated by the student or a responsible adult at least 48 hours in advance.
Lessons are typically rescheduled rather than cancelled to prevent learning gaps, which can result in forgotten material and to adhere to the ABRSM suggested exam schedule.
Lessons for children are paid monthly in the beginning of each month.
Adults who don't have a regular slot, can pay each lesson separately.
All the lessons have to be paid in advance.
Student can come in 2 minutes before lesson start time to leave time for tiding up and toilet break for teacher.
Student and accompanying parent have to leave their outdoor clothes and shoes to hallway.
Before entering, please clean the shoes.
All students must wash their hands.
Should a student's attendance drop below 50% of their scheduled lessons within a 10-week period, the regular time slot will no longer be held for them. Subsequent lessons must be booked individually.
If a student misses more than two weeks of lessons in a row without a prior mutual agreement (for example for holidays), their weekly time slot might be released. They can then pick from available time slots for upcoming lessons.
When a student is late to lesson, the lesson will be normally cut short & still have to pay for the full time.
I do replacement lessons only in one week from lesson time.
This means student can have replacement lesson only in period after previous timeslot time and before next timeslot time.
My official replacement times are Fridays from 6:05 pm, or if there are available times because someone has cancelled, is sick etc.
A minimum 48 hours of notice is required for cancellation or re-booking.
When lesson is cancelled by student less than 48 hours before the lesson or in case of no-show, student still has to pay full price for the lesson.
When student has a regular time slot, then there is no refund if suitable alternative lesson time is not found.
Maximum time for re-booked lesson is 4 weeks after the original lesson time.
Lessons what are missed by close family member death, sudden serious illness are accepted. Constantly being in a traffic jam or forgetting the time are not emergencies and won’t be replaced and payment for the full lesson is still required.
Studio has only two regular holidays in a year, one week in Easter and one week in Christmas.
Long summer holidays in July and August are allowed, but the student has to consider that the old time slot may not be available in September.
Student pays for the regular time slot, not the attendance of lessons.