Henry Welcome back from break! Great job on your lesson today! Here is your homework: Recommended minutes to practice: 5-10 per day What to practice:  Review Stepping and Skipping from C, A, and E; C starting with 1 on right hand and 3 on left hand, A starting with 3 on left hand, E starting with 1 on right hand, combining [...]

Henry How long to practice: 5-10 mins per day (when you have access to a piano) What to practice: Continue with Stepping up Stepping down in A and C (Teaching Little Fingers to Play) Heart and Soul How to practice: Stepping up Stepping down – Follow fingering; keep fingers on keys, do not move – Play all repeated notes – [...]

Henry How long to practice: 5-10 mins per day What to practice: Combine Stepping up Stepping Down in A and C, page 28 in theory workbook How to practice: - Follow fingering; keep fingers on keys, do not move - Play all repeated notes - Look at the music to pay attention to both of the above How parents can [...]

Henry Recommended minutes to practice: 5-10 minutes What to practice: Stepping and Skipping, Workbook page 28 (How Notes Move) How to practice it most effectively: Make sure you play repeated notes, practice a few times a day, and have fun with it (try starting on different Cs on the piano!) How parents can support practice: Listen to him practice, and offer guidance in the [...]

Henry Recommended minutes to practice: 5-10 per day What to practice: Itsy Bitsy Spider first line with counts that I wrote on your music sheet, theory book colouring on p. 19 and finish numbering lines/spaces on pp. 26-27. How to practice it most effectively: Follow the counting according to how the note is written in relation to the numbers above; e.g. If a [...]

Hi Henry and Noreet! Awesome work this week! Here is your homework for next week: Henry How much practice: 5-10 minutes per day What to practice: Itsy Bitsy Spider Teaching Little Fingers to Play page 5 "Stepping and Skipping" Workbook colouring keys on page 19 How to practice: Itsy Bitsy Spider: Count out loud while practicing, try a little faster [...]

Hi Henry and Noreet! Great progress this week! Here is your homework for next lesson. Henry How long to practice: 5-10 min a day What to practice: Itsy Bitsy Spider (first two lines only) while counting the beats out loud Piano Theory Workbook: Colour the piano keys mentioned in the instructions on page 19 How to practice: Slowly, while following [...]

Hi Henry and Noreet! Great work today! Here is your homework for next week: Henry Duration of practice: 5-10 minutes a day What to practice: Mary Had a Little Lamb, piano theory workbook pages 16, 18 How to practice: Two different speeds. Have a slow version of Mary Had a Little Lamb, and then a faster one How parents can [...]

Hi Henry and Noreet! Great lessons today! Here is your homework for next week, October 18: Henry How much to practice: 5-10 mins each day What to practice: Mary Had a Little Lamb lines 3 and 4, page 16 in Piano Theory Workbook How to practice: Mary Had a Little Lamb- Remember that line 3 is just like line 1 [...]