Students can choose their own homework: note speller, power pages, theory or theory time. Jaysea has completed theory time and chosen a new book. The homework is a way to help them remember the topics covered and be able to use that knowledge when performing.
Ellie earned five badges on her lanyard at piano lessons this week! Badges are earned for accomplishments learned and demonstrated at her lesson. Examples are learning rhythm, dynamics, phrasing and letter names and for the littles (age 5-8), learning right hand-left hand, finger numbers, names of keys etc.
Patty has practiced every single days for 1300 days! Students are asked to practice one minute for each year of their age six days a week. This means a five year old would practice five minutes and a ten year old would practice ten minutes at a time. I hope that they would choose to practice at least one more time in a day because without practice, there is little progress. In order to be featured in the magazine “Piano Explorer” a student must do at least the minimum every day for 100 days in a row.
Colorful worksheets by piano students. At lessons, games and/or worksheets are used to reinforce the lesson being taught. The worksheets are sent home to be completed to help them understand better the concepts being taught.