Cause I mean, they're like babies and can't reach the pedal!
I also would think that they wouldn't focus their attention on the piano and like daze off.
That's the key for teaching a three-year-old: to realize that their attention spans are short and then work around that fact. It seems that most pianists who began at age three were first taught by their mother or father. It's easier to go to the piano and work with a young child for a few minutes several times a day than it is to have a scheduled 30-minute lesson once a week, like you would for an older child. So, if the teacher is not the parent, then it helps greatly to teach the parent how to play and how they can work with their three-year-old during the week. Some kids can sit at the piano by themselves and "play" for a very long time; that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about their attention span being short when it comes to receiving instruction and following orders.Young children have a natural desire to learn and a natural desire to please. A teacher and/or parent can use this to his/her advantage when teaching piano (or anything).
I'm a piano teacher and also Dad to a 2 1/2 year old. While I recognize she is too young for formal instruction, I've already begun her piano lessons. We have probably three or four mini lessons per day- and when I say mini, I'm talking 30 - 60 SECONDS. But- she does know where to find the "birdy" and "froggy" sounds on the piano. After I play, "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle...." she can play the three notes stepping up for "...all the way." We explore forte and piano sounds. I play and she sings. She plays and I sing.