“This is a high note. Which is lower?” The music teacher asked, gently plucking the A string and the C string of the cello. Charlie reached over and set the instrument back sideways against his shoulder, and pulled at the strings. The music teacher, the aide with the token board, Charlie’s teacher, and I all listened.

Charlie had his first cello lesson today. I’ve been wondering about him learning to play a stringed instrument for awhile, ever since he became fascinated with the sounds and the vibrations of a small guitar that my parents gave him a few years ago. He …read more