Piano lessons give children a safe place to encounter something difficult, try a new strategy, and keep going. In Piano Playground, that important work is disguised through musical games, purposeful technology, and play.

Piano lessons do not replace reading instruction, but music gives children repeated practice with symbols, patterns, rhythm, listening, working memory, and meaning.

Before piano lessons begin, children can fall in love with music through listening, creative play, storybooks, and purposeful technology. Here are simple ways to spark curiosity at home.