And We're Back ... Again! J: 41 mo; K: 20 mo

QueRiquita wrote: Another long day, so here's a quick recap (so far as I can recall) before I call it a night

Joey
Friday: I know we played, but now I can't remember how it went. I'll look through the pics/vids, which I have yet to post. I'll stick them online and update this thread. :-/ The point - he played Oh, and I recall that we tried stickers on his fingers. They worked, but he didn't like them, so he took them off for his second attempt. I think this was also when I started telling him that he had to collect coins (playing the fruit lines and alphabet note games) to get me flowers (practicing his pieces). Also, I made and posted this video to help Kaelie (and Joey).

Surprisingly, she still loves her solfege circle (and uses it while listening to the video now), probably because we tap on it and that makes it more interactive and exciting. The only thing is that I don't have the notes on the line to make the next 6 videos. Hellene, do you think you (or anyone) could get me the notes that I need to do the next tracks? I thought about using the lower notes, but then it wouldn't be accurate, right?

QueRiquita wrote:
Sunday: Morning Session with the hope of an evening session too. Didn't happen. Such a long day. The good news is that this time, instead of stickers, I just put markers on his fingers. He was really intrigued by the whole thing, and they worked! For the second attempt at Ode, he wanted to play his own way, though. So, I told him that his colored fingers were the babies and the stickers were the moms, and the babies had to be with their mommies. It worked pretty well; I was surprised. The only thing was that in his always-push-the-limits sort of way, he then opted to play his left hand fingers with their corresponding right hand notes.

So! Tomorrow, assuming he's still interested in the story we've concocted, I'll tell him that the moms are on the right (green) side and the dads are on the left (brown) side, and we'll go from there.

I colored both thumbs red for Do and just said that the Do mom has two babies. Of course, this meant that he wanted to play them together lol so I think tomorrow I'll tell him something about only being able to take one at a time.

I dunno, we'll figure it out. I'm just so excited that he made such an effort to match the proper fingers to their corresponding keys! Yes, it slowed his timing and precision considerably, but I'd rather him get the hang of it this way now and then build up his speed and accuracy, then get a song 'perfect' and establish bad form.

What do you think? Should I reverse my thinking and just get him to play quickly and accurately, regardless of HOW he is playing; or should I continue to foster proper fingering, so long as it isn't hindering his interest?