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TracyFD
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This is our third year of homeschooling (ages 8, 6, 5 and 15mo) and I would like to add piano lessons this year for the older three.
The problem is, when piano teachers find out that you home school they want to schedule you at 10am!
I want to be flexible - but for one, the baby is currently napping from 10-12. Secondly, I am concerned about rearranging morning work to afternoon on a weekly basis.
I am trying to find someone who will schedule us at 2pm but will be willing to switch to a morning time as the baby's nap gets later.
Has anyone been in this situation and how did you fit in piano?
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Our teacher comes to the home. Would that be possible? With three students you might be able to entice someone to do it!
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I had a teacher come to the house and paid her gas. It was a bargain for me - in the time department - probably in gas too as she does not drive a 15 seater.
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I did find a teacher (and homeschooling mom herself) who specialized in home visits but she did not have enough interest in our area to travel this far.
One teacher we are considering (a 30 minute drive) teaches Kindermusic in the mornings and stays put in her music room for piano lessons the remainder of the day.
Another teacher lives here in town has six children - the youngest is three yo and the next up is a kindergartner. I haven't asked her if she could come to the house, but I would imagine she would have her 3yo with her. Wouldn't hurt to ask I guess!
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I just scheduled our piano for one full morning with the idea that this would be our non-curriculum and mass day or a day for me to work with my non-pianists. Our teacher comes to the house too. 
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A good idea too - I could schedule piano the same morning we have afternoon dance and call it fine arts day! There's still the baby's nap to work around . . .
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We had a piano teacher who came to the house but he died! 
Our current piano teacher does require us to come in the morning, but like Rachel-May, that has become our projects, running around, everything but solid academics day.
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Over the years we've found several pinao teacher's who came to our home. Spread the word. Ask everyone you meet if they know someone. We found one experienced teacher by striking up a conversation with a cashier at the grocery store.
Our piano teacher comes from 9 to 11:30 on Wed. It works out great.
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amarytbc wrote:
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We found ours at our Church. I was desperate and I just called the music director. I asked if he taught lessons and now he is our teacher!
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