Shared Lessons

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Shared lesson flow

I’m looking to teach group lessons. I’m only teaching private so far. I would like ideas on the flow of a group lesson, how to make it fun and keep it fun. Until recently I was only doing private lessons, and now have three shared…

Teaching Fur Elise to a group

Are there any guidelines for teaching Fur Elise to a group? Neil Moore teaches it on the training videos right at the piano. I’m not sure how to transfer this for a group. This is for the very first portion from Foundation 1. I usually…

Combination of private and shared lessons

Have any of you ever combined the private/shared lesson idea? I have two eight-year-olds who are friends with each other and want to have lessons. The parents asked if the would be suitable for a shared lesson. I hesitate to put them together since one…

Students progressing at different paces

In my first ever shared lesson group (all adults), I am realizing that two of the students are learning considerably faster than the other, although the other one is very enthusiastic and practices a lot. I have slowed the pace of the class down and…

Handling absences in shared lessons

I’m starting to teach more groups, and my biggest problem so far is one or a few students missing the class. How do I manage make up lessons? One student is in a group of two, and the moms are friends. She missed two lessons…

Pairing students when one has prior experience

I am about to do a FIS for a family os two children (5 and 6.5 years) and am wondering how well it could go to teach the two as a small group rather than private lessons back to back). The 6.5-year-old already had half…

Transitioning traditional students to SM

Brand new SM teacher here. I just completed my ITTM and I’m starting to work on strategy for implementing SM with my current roster of students. I have a lot of questions concerning this process (for teachers that come from traditional) so I wondered first…

Mismatched students in group

I have two girls who have been with me for a little more than 3 years. They are finishing up level 6. One of the girls is doing relatively well, but the second one is not. She is not keeping up with the assignments, doesn’t…

Setting rules in shared lessons

I wonder if any of you have a set of shared lessons classroom “rules” (let’s say 3 to 5) for learning behavior management. Like you make these rules visible, or you have students recite them at the beginning of the lesson initially until they know…

Progress in shared vs private lessons

Someone asked me recently if the progress in group lessons is the same as in private lessons. As I am still a relatively new teacher, I welcome comments from the rest of you on this. I think the progress could be the same; and also…