Originally Posted by Katelyn'sM om
Originally Posted by passthepotatoes
One thing I've always wondered about... Why music rather than art? Many people see it as a standard necessity that kids learn an instrument but very few people mandate drawing or dance lessons. Why is that?

Why the assumption that it is either or? Though my DD is only 4 she has a love for dance, drawing/art of many types, and the piano.

Of course kids can do both and many do. My question is why do we so often hear the suggestion of music lessons as a way to teach gifted kids discipline but we rarely hear drawing lessons advocated in the same way? Is it just because there is a better infrastructure for music lessons or is there something else that motivates this?