An Important Teaching Aid for Very Young Piano Students
I am so excited to finally be able to offer you these valuable teaching aids for your young students. I have been using the trial set with my own students for the last three months. They are doing just what I had hoped they would do.
As any piano teacher knows, it takes time and patience to give each child a solid foundation in note reading. Not being able to read notes is one of the biggest stumbling blocks an individual encounters on their road to learning to play any instrument. Strong note reading skills are especially vital to playing the piano, a truly complex instrument The Animal Notes enable a young student to be comfortable and excited about learning to play the piano. The Animal Note Flash Cards and fun word associations help children learn the location of each note on the Grand Staff and allow for a smooth transition to standard music notes.
There are nine beginning notes using nine different animals. Each note on the Grand Staff is characterized by an Animal Note on one side of the card and the corresponding whole note on the reverse side. First using the appropriate beginning Animal Notes, we find word clues to help the child remember the notes’ location on the Staff. Once this knowledge is well learned, we then transfer that knowledge to the standard notes on the reverse of the card. After the beginning notes are learned, I start introducing other notes on the Grand Staff, one at a time.
At the beginning of most lessons, I use the flash cards to review the notes, always having the child describe where each note is located on the Grand Staff in words and phrases that are word clues to the child. Gradually I start turning the card over to introduce the standard note, again using the familiar word clues and soon only review the standard notes. I return to the Animal Notes only when the child just can not recognize the standard note.
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