Kids Piano

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I just passed my 8th grade AMEB piano exam with a B+ and am currently preparing for my AMusA diploma which I plan to take next year. I’m 14 but I really want a way to earn some money. Do you think I’m qualified enough to teach little kids piano, like maybe 5-8 year olds? Not to do piano grades or anything, just kids that want to learn for fun. Also what’s a good way to find kids to teach, because I’m only 14 and not many people would let a 14 year old teach their kid piano, so far the only kid who may want to learn is a 5 year old who is my mum’s friends daughter, but I don’t think she has a piano yet or she might want to go to a proper teacher.

I’m going to teach the piano to kids who are JUST starting out the instrument. The problem is, I have a to-be-student child who is about 3. She can’t read nor write, loves to chat and has the attention span of a, well, 3 year old.

I’m very uncertain how I’m going to start her off. Trying to teach her the different notes and stuff would be too much, let alone reading the scores.

Should I start her off with playing by the ear or something? Also, how can I help keep her attention? :/