Several years ago on Rob's homeschool journey we introduced him to the recorder. He hated it. Passionately. Deeply. Would forget to practice. Would refuse to practice. All in all, it was not a "joy of music" experience." LOL We decided that art has to be joyful, has to be a way to express yourself and that this was just becoming something to have a power struggle about. Since one can certainly have a healthy life without playing recorder, we terminated our recorder lessons.
Fast forward a few years and KC begins studying recorder. He loves it. He practices voluntarily. He progresses. Last night Rob decided to once more hide books and such in his bed. One of the "and such" that he hid was his recorder.
So today, K told him that he would "have" to practice with KC after breakfast. Rob turned away, ostensibly to get his recorder but not before we caught the flash of smile on his face. He practiced with KC and apparently, this is his odd way of 'saying' he would like to try recorder again. Go figure.
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It's good that he can re-try something once disliked so much. Yay for Rob! Our kids have/had recorders, but they *never* use them. They're there if they ever want to I guess. *shrug*
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