Hello from Singapore!

Hi! I am Nancy from Singapore, mother of 3 children ~ 2 sons ( 5 & 3 yr old) and 1 daughter (1 year old).

I chanced upon SM coz although I am a part-time piano teacher, I found teaching very young children very challenging. My oldest son wanted to start piano when he was about 3 coz he saw me teaching his older cousins. Yet I am quite clueless how to teach him at such a young age.

Indeed SM has changed the way I perceived learning piano in young children. My son was able to play HCB with two hands within a month and from there went on to do the whole album on Introductory Songs.

I know that SM has a lot in it. And I felt that I did not understand it enough to teach it effectively. I was so happy subsequently this year to know that Hellene could train me on Skype how to teach piano with SM.

It has been really thought-provoking in this journey thus far learning how to teach music in a manner I've never been taught before. I am really inspired by Hellene's vision of making every child musically literate and how SM makes this possible.

I just finished a small music camp for my younger students, putting into practice Hellene's training on Solfeggio. I was so happy to discover how it helped me to start my students on music dictation in a fun manner.

I am still in training now ... will hope to share more.

But this period is a busy one as I am also getting the students ready for the annual recital. My son, at 5 yrs old, is going to be playing Harry Potter Hedwig's theme 2 ... He is still at the memory stage now. My 2nd son at 3 yr just started on SM on the introductory songs, now picking up Jingle bells.

Will keep everyone updated!

If you are a Singaporean, I hope to befriend you ... we can share our experiences in SM!

Welcome, Nancy!

So great to have you here! Your children are so lucky to have such a dedicated mother! I can imagine how busy you are teaching all 3 of the kids piano! Karma to you! But then you'll get triple reward!

Please share with us tips using SM teaching piano to the younger kids!

Welcome to the forum Nancy.

Yes, welcome to the forum. We are so lucky to have such an amazing range of people with experience in teaching piano to young children! We look forward to hearing more from you after the piano recital - I hope all goes well for your son and the other children