Music Journey with my 3-year-old daughter

marrtai wrote: I got my SM and set it up in the middle of May. I was very excited about the program. I introduced the solfeggi symbols to her and she picked it up quickly (we were on the Little Musician trial and I think it helps).

Then we tried the Guess Key game. As per my earlier post, it did not go too well at first. She was fascinated by the spiders. Even though she knew which keys to press, she did not want to do it right or even let me do it so she can see the spiders come out. She had a blast doing that.

Then we tried HCB, we did not go too far neither. I tried to teach her what to do. She wanted to do it by herself instead and got frustrated and just banged on the keyboard.

It was frustrating and I thought she would never learn how to play.

I stopped teaching her the program and was trying to read the posts on SM and found out tips from other parents. There were tons of useful information but I felt a bit overwhelmed at first. I don't really know where to start. I played with her once or twice together later. Nothing serious. I did not even record the scores.

Then, on the day when she turned 3 at the end of May, something changed all of a sudden. On May 29, we did Guess Key game again and she did 49 (at 3:27 on the lower right) and then 64 (at 5:04) and even finished the first level with just a little bit of my help.

Then she tried HCB, R1: 10/15 - 39; 6/15 - 66; 13/15 - 24.

On May 30, R1: 10/15 - 38; 13/15 - 17

On May 31, R1: 9/15 - 43; 11/15 - 26.

Guess Key game: I turned it on and walked away to do some chores and then I heard her playing by herself. I was really amazed to find out she hit most of the keys correctly when I was watching her from behind for a good few minutes. I was too shocked and I did not write down the score.

So, finally it is working!! She is responding to the program. I was soooo happy about that!

marrtai wrote: Week 2
We stopped for a few days. On June 3, she did HCB R1: 13/15 - 9; 13/15 - 15. Then she tried L1: 16/22 - 98 first time with her left hand and by herself. I thought it would not be easy because her hands are small. I was really happy that she did though. It was very encouraging.

Jun 4
HCB - R1:13/15 - 12; 13/15 - 8
L1: 20/22 - 50; 18/22 - 44

We started JB with right hand
R1: 34/45 -56; 32/45 - 56; 31/45 -84

Jun 5
HCB - L1:14/22 - 64; 18/22 -55 R1:12/15 - 16; 13/15 - 25
JB- R1:31/45 - 90 L1:20/32 - 104

We have not had much luck with Guess Key game in the last few days. Will keep trying.

We did the first page of Kingdom of Tune and the colouring together.

I tried to teach her proper fingering as her fingers while I can. She wants to do things her way so it really takes time. I tried to get her to play do re mi fa so so fa mi re do and so far we only played together. As with many other things, I find that teaching my daughter has been 1 step forward and a few steps backward but I will keep trying.

Mrs.Post wrote: One thing I am learning with Early education with infants and toddlers is that growth is sporadic. I like Manda's advice to me - a little bit every day. I've had to change my expectations of my child. At 17 months he played HCB with the right hand. He hasn't played anything coherent since.

We've been reading forever. I have videos on youtube to prove that he,at one time, would read to me. He won't ready anything anymore and when I show him words he knows he will say a different word - I think on purpose.

He still wants to play the piano and asks for the reading and now Little Musician. So, we just keep plugging along. While I don't agree with all of what Glenn Doman says - I do agree with him that children don't like to be tested - they are not performing monkeys - though it is so fun as parents to watch.

She is three - all of this appears as though it is one step forward adn two back but in reality their brains and motor skills and maturity are pregressing but not all at the same time. They are moving forward always it is just that we do not see what is going on in their little bodies. They need time to process all of this. Patience and "A little every day". BTW - She is doing terrific.

as Early Learning parents our goal is not to get them to "do" certain things but to get them to "love" certain things. We do that by giving them the skills to enjoy all that they put their hands to. I want my child to love what is lovely, good, true and beautiful. So, if she loves music, then you are doing your job. Her life will be better for it.