What to do when Mom can’t teach the lesson

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Last year Princess needed speech therapy, she had a few sounds she could not say properly, and she was not getting it.  I had tried to help her, but I was not effective.

Thankfully, her Aunt Tara is a speech therapist.  She was able to meet with her once a week and correct the problem in a month or so.

But, what about other areas I’m not prepared to teach?  What about subjects I don’t know at all?

I have a long list of those, especially once they get to high school.  It’s been a long time since I took calculus.  Here’s my more immediate problem: music.

Princess has a natural interest in music.  She loves to sing anything, and most activities are accompanied by a song.  She pretends to play the piano at my Mom’s house.  Emphasis on pretend.

I don’t have any great skill in music.  I took lessons for a few years as a kid, but dropped it when we moved to Texas, and I have no idea of how to find her a tutor.

 Find outside help if you can’t teach the subject

Enter TakeLessons.com, they have teachers.  I actually spent 10 minutes randomly entering different topics from anatomy to algebra, to piccolo (I’ve always thought that was a fun instrument) to see what teachers they had.  Since I have a skype account, decent internet, and a webcam of some amount of quality I can use their online lessons.  So the anatomy teacher in Louisana, could teach my kids anatomy if I felt so inclined.

Back to Princess and her voice lessons, I watched the video on finding your voice type, and I’m quite sure we’ll need a pro to figure out her voice right now.

And I have to finally admit after watching this I’m an alto, as much as I’d love to be a soprano, my voice is an alto.  Princess for me is too atonal to figure out.  She’s good at loud.  Very loud.

Since TakeLessons.com has helped over 30,000 students nationwide, and has a money back guarantee, I feel secure that we can find someone who fits our needs.

I did a search, and there’s a voice tutor 15 miles from my house, she has 12 glowing reviews, from the mom of a 5 year old up to an adult raving about finally finding her own voice.  I can go to her studio, or complete lessons online.  Some tutors will even come to your house.  Though, considering how messy my house is right now, that’s not a plus.

I’m also not roped into a contract.  Their most popular option is quarterly, book for 12 lessons, get 13 (SCORE! free lesson).  You can also go month to month or flex (schedule as needed with instructor).  With the craziness of our summer schedule this year, we’d probably go with a flex plan.

Provided I can finally convince Princess she needs lessons, should I go with in the studio or online?  What lessons would you look for?

Are you as intrigued by TakeLessons.com as I am?

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