Many homeschool families, in fact most homeschool families, integrate music lessons as an important part of their curriculum. It’s been proven that music lessons actually make you smarter. No, this is not a wive’s tale or a myth, it is a scientific fact.
Forbes Magazine reported a Canadian study proving that after nine months of weekly training in piano or voice, young students’ IQs rose nearly three points more than their untrained peers. Evidently, it exercises parts of the brain useful in mathematics, spatial intelligence and other intellectual pursuits. In addition, Medical News Today found evidence that children with music lessons had better memories as well as higher literacy and math levels.
All that is to encourage those of you that have been thinking about starting to teach music as a means for extra income to move forward with your plans! Every area, especially in homeschool groups, there is a need for talented music teachers. If you are ambitious and would like to make it a full time income, you can use the internet to dramatically expand your reach.
Music Teaching Success is a website that has a wealth of information on starting your music business and how to move it online. There is very little capital needed to start this business. Marketing is what you need to concentrate on at first, but once you have a clientele built up, you will be free to work with what you love most: teaching music.
Of course, you don’t have to complicate matters with online lessons. I have known several young ladies that have earned a modest income teaching music to local students. It’s not hard to get started at all! Here are the links we mentioned above. There are many other materials and books available to help you on your journey but learn everything you can online first – there is plenty out there!
http://www.musicteachingsuccess.com
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/52349.php
http://www.forbes.com/2004/07/15/cx_0715health.html
