Month: January 2021

Hello Parents, Next Friday I have been asked to give a presentation for hundreds of Let’s Play Music teachers at our annual Symposium. This is a huge honor and I’m so pleased to have this opportunity. Unfortunately, it interferes with our class time. Normally I would just push all future [...]

We didn’t learn anything new today, but we spent a lot of time on the new material we learned last week with parents. PLEASE help them with their practice one-on-one this week so they will enjoy class more next week. Pay particular attention to LH chord fingering, pg. 11-13, 16, [...]

Parents THANK YOU so much for coming to class today!! I can’t tell you how valuable it is for your children to see your support, and for you to see how they are progressing and how you can further help them at home. Pg. 55-56 in the reference section of [...]

ANNOUNCEMENTS! -Next week is parent week. 😊🎉 -Parents should place the Yellow Stickers on Bass Clef Notes B, D, G. Please place them today so the stickers don’t get lost. I’m happy to send clarification videos if you need. -The kids learned a tricky new skill today – the major [...]

Parents will attend on lesson 5 (Feb 7th). Parent days are really important because you are able to see clearly what needs to be done at home for your children to be successful in class. Use this week to get your left hand red-blue chord transition solidified before we add [...]

-Put Blue Stickers on Piano for Left Hand. C-F-A. It is critical you help reinforce the proper fingering – it is NOT the same as RH. Celebrate Connection A few ideas to bring playfulness to practice time! Sing and act out Robin Hood with your child, even better, as a [...]

-Place RED Stickers on the C BELOW middle C. This is for the Left Hand. -You should have NO stickers for the right hand anymore, however, do keep checking up to be sure that the right hand skills are a solid foundation for your child. Goo Gone is great at [...]