Week 2 of SoftMozart .// Toddler 28 months

Nadia, it is WONDERFUL!

She already building the fine motor skills and 2 fingers coordination to play 2 piano keys at the same time. Just think about it! Was it nearly possible before?

I am very impressed! Just second week and such a progress!
About ‘press and hold’ – tell your DD a story about Mister Oops ( a little dwarf whom she sees every time, when lifting keys prematurely). Tell her that by lifting her fingers before a butterfly replace the flower she is… waking him up. This is why he is so disappointed.

Our animation is very intuitive. Soon enough, before you know it, she will be able to read the ‘signes’, where to press, keep pressing or lift her finger, but now she is at the beginning stage. I call it ‘every finger awareness’: right now all of her previously developed skills come together and build some sort of neurological ‘network’. This is exactly what we need!

At that point kids can’t even comprehend sounds and don’t realize that they are playing a song. It is like when they start reading and putting the letters together, they can’t hear the story that they read. Or (example that more close to adults) when we were starting to learn how to drive a car… Did we have enough room in our mind while looking at all the mirrors and taking care of all the pedals to enjoy the view outside the window?

But the miracle here is: the flow of the music will push your DD to develop the coordination much faster than any other activity. She knows the song and she knows, how it sounds. She wants to produce it – she tries harder.

Music and piano is the most powerful tool for child’s mind development. And I see it in making!

NadiaD wrote: Thank you, lzp11, for cheering for us !
I agree that making the activity fun is really essential.


Day 4/ Week 2 of SoftMozart



Today we did a little bit of everything.

A. Theory:

We were learning Do to Do in descending order, using note line and SM flashcards. Watched ppt with SM symbols.
My DD still not getting idea of the order and pattern in the note line, she recites Do to Do back and forward by heart, but when I ask which note goes after Do she can not tell, the same story with guessing the flipped card...
To make our practices more fun and pleasant I made paper doll flashcards from Do to Do. I used Hellene's idea that notes on the Grand Staff lines are girls and their dresses are red, and the notes between the Grand Staff lines boys and their clothes are blue. I made Do and Re with black hear, Mi and Fa with Blond hair, etc. Hoping to explain that the girl is followed by a boy with the same hair color. DD enjoyed playing with the paper dolls and was gladly arranging them with my help, but still did note get the concepts...

B. Finger Exercises:

Today we practiced playing from Do to Sol using 5 fingers, I showed it to her , and then she played it couple times with me helping her to place correct fingers on the keys with left and right hands.



C. Piano performance with Gentle Piano.

Played JB using Left Hand.

Hi, Nadia!

You posts always make me happy - this one made me very excited!

There is a deep reason, why I colored the notes on the lines and spaces in red and blue. I described it in my book.

Couple of years somewhere in Siberia Soft Mozart enthusiasts had a show, where kids were presented as music notes and were wearing red and blue dresses.
Here is the link to the video:
You also will see Mister Oops dancing and singing his song and baskets from Fruit Line game.
I am very happy, when I see how my invention bring more inventions and creativity!

The concept of notes being 'boys' and 'girls' is basic and it is embeded in entire program. Your DD will get it before you know it
Karma to you!