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Hannah 3.6 old (Romania)
09 Feb 2014 07:42 #13637
by hellene
Yes, this is a great step forward! Congratulations! Are you following our curriculum for this year or the cirriculum that had been included in your package? There are some mini-steps I developed lately for children to build strong sight-reading skills. It seems to me like Hannah are following them naturally.
There are 2 parts of learning that we have to keep in mind:
1. Learning and mastering
2. Reading
For mastering we have to memorize piano pieces. Do you know, how to cut sections? You may cut 2 or 4 bars at a time and ask to play with Right hand and RH (Right hidden). The same with L and LH. After that P and PH. Then add more bars etc.
After Hannah will memorize the entire piece, you may ask her to practice with TEACHING VIDEOS softmozart.com/forum/55-teaching-videos.htmllike it is shown here:
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Replied by hellene on topic Hannah 3.6 old (Romania)
adeline.hritcu wrote: My very relaxed Hannah made me happy yesterday with a pleasant surprise. We played songs from the sight reading album since Hannah is not into memorizing songs. So we went through a lot of songs just practicing reading notes without insisting on one particular song. She does not show interest in memorizing one single song but rather is interested in playing around. It's probably just a phase...i thought.
But yesterday she asked me to make the letters show instead of the pictures(she does not know the alphabet) and then hide letters and pictures (=>P2) And to my surprise she did just about as well as she plays with images. She surprised me on how well she recognized the notes and even when she pressed the wrong one she knew how to look for the right one.
So I was pleased to see her do this.
Yes, this is a great step forward! Congratulations! Are you following our curriculum for this year or the cirriculum that had been included in your package? There are some mini-steps I developed lately for children to build strong sight-reading skills. It seems to me like Hannah are following them naturally.
What do you suggest next? Should we pick another album or just sight read and play introductory songs until she starts memorizig? How important is memorizing and how much effort should be spent on it?
Thank you!
There are 2 parts of learning that we have to keep in mind:
1. Learning and mastering
2. Reading
For mastering we have to memorize piano pieces. Do you know, how to cut sections? You may cut 2 or 4 bars at a time and ask to play with Right hand and RH (Right hidden). The same with L and LH. After that P and PH. Then add more bars etc.
After Hannah will memorize the entire piece, you may ask her to practice with TEACHING VIDEOS softmozart.com/forum/55-teaching-videos.htmllike it is shown here:
Back to the Mozart
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