Bossa wrote: I have not been updating the post for some time, but it doesn't mean that we have not been learning.
Nastya sight read the songs on presentation 2 still, but I think in a short time she would be ready to go from 2 to 4.
Great! If she 'got' the idea of the visual connection between the lines, spaces and piano keys and make less then 3-4 mistakes, the presentation could be switched for 4.
I will see how it goes. The one thing is that she memorizes the songs pretty fast, especially the easy ones. So if she plays the same song several times, she starts to memorize it, and play by memory, not by notes. So, I try to change the songs she reads.
You are exactly right doing this!
She is pretty confident now in playing Old McDonald. She does it without software. Whe she plays with hide notes she has +t 11., and no or one mistake.
I wish to see it on video, especially her hand position.
[/uote]She finally started to love to play the exercises. I do need to remind her anymore, and she even sometimes plays them just for fun. That's great! They really helped her. She is more confident in placing her fingers now. [/quote]
Are you aware of the gradual steps of improvong the exercises, i.e. playing with saying the notes names, playing with metronome and such?
She wanted to learn a new song and she picked Boogie Board Boogie. She really liked it, especially the ending. So we are working on that one right now.
Wonderful!
We are trying to have a few sessions per week to learn the notes with flash cards. And she is doing better with skipping now. What really helps, is Fruit line game I think. I showed her online games. But unfortunately, she didn't like them. She is not fond of computer games in general. So, we'll just stick to the flash cards.
Good enough!
Also, I am using flash cards to teach her the position of the notes, and she is pretty fast on telling which note is on which line. However, she is much slower when she is playing.
Yes, it is always harder to read and think about directions while driving.
She plays Fruit Line Game. However I have one notice. While the game is easy at the beginning, Nastya does it pretty fast, it takes her around 1.5 minutes. Then it gets more challenging, but she gets more tired. So it would be really wonderful if we could start the game not from the beginning, but from some other parts. Her score is 293 in around 5 minutes.
Bossa, this is the whole point: every time she get started from point A she is having a different route. It is gradual and very intensive interactive brain training. The goal is to finaly get to the end by the most effective route. So, if to trick the game and started, where it is left, there could be some gaps in skills training that only computer can 'catch' and fix.
Keep in mind that by the curriculum standards this game has to be beated in several years.
