Austyn was playing around with our large electric guitar, but couldn't use it properly because it was too large and heavy. He was playing it so much that he got a terrible blister on his thumb. We decided to go shopping for a mini electric guitar. It wasn't as easy of a task as we thought, but since we are all home and have more time than the average family we went to about ten stores before we finally found one. He loved it from the moment he saw it. And he has insisted on playing it everyday since he got it. Daddy has been giving him lessons and he has learned so much. The cool thing is that he tends to only look at his strumming hand when he plays and does his chords perfectly without looking at his left hand. I think we have a kid with a natural talent on our hands!
One thing I should mention here as well is that we are learning instruments along with him. Kev is learning how to use his guitar again while teaching and practicing with him and I've been learning it a bit as well as the recorder. Through learning with him it makes learning more fun for all of us. Parents can show their kids how to unschool and that is a part of the process of unschooling... being a model.
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