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As a new SM teacher, it is sometimes hard to understand why songs are placed in a particular order. Would it matter if I switched Amazing Grace and Honey Dew? It seems to me that Amazing Grace is perhaps easier, since it only uses the…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• changing teaching order, design of program, teaching order

I was reading in Simpedia  about Managing Time in lessons. I copied down a list (partially shown below) that suggested the order to teach SM projects. I noticed that I may be moving through Accompaniments too fast. I think I spend too much time on accompaniment and…

• Last updated 4 years ago
• Accompaniment‏, coaching, foundation pieces, Gordon Harvey, lesson planning, multiple project management, multiple projects, order, order of arrangements, order of teaching arrangements, Robin Keehn, shared lessons, song order, time management

I have several families with children 4, 5, and 6 who are interested in starting this summer. Please tell me, do you change the Foundation Session when small children are involved? It is an appropriate stretch for kids 7 and up to listen to the…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• children, foundation session, group lessons, shared lessons

Hey, a few months ago I started contemplating the idea of having the first lesson be only the parents. This week I started that practice and to be honest, I LOVED IT. I rewrote some of the stuff and how it was said. I added…

• Last updated 7 years ago
• foundation session, life coaches, parent only lesson

I just finished my first Foundation session today. I guess I made the mistake of not telling every one that this was going to be all talking for the most part. When I said at the beginning of the session that we would NOT be…

• Last updated 6 years ago
• FIS, foundation session, Free Introductory Sessions, preparing for foundation session, relationship conversation

I am feeling happy about a new way I ran my latest Foundation Session. It is a class of 5, 5-7 year olds. I was looking for a way to engage the kids more and also to keep myself moving through the material. I found…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• adults, children, foundation session, garden analogy, group lessons, shared lessons, stool analogy, tools

I have contemplated having the first lesson be for parents only. I have several parts that I would repeat the following week when the kids are there but I think there could be value in the first lesson being only parents. I believe one of…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• first lesson, foundation session, parents only

Hi everyone, I have a question about the giving out and filling out of the teacher evaluation forms. I understand the value and importance of introducing the forms at the start of level 1. My question is, once you’ve introduced them, would it be okay…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• evaluations, forms, Foundation Sessions, Neil Moore, progress, promises, self evaluation

I recently reviewed the Composition & Improvisation training materials for a second time now. I’m very clear that the point here is not to be very formal and structured about giving assignments in the same way as with the other tracks of the program. However,…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• composition, Dreams Come True, Honey Dew, improvisation ideas, Night Storm

One of my frustrations is that most students seem to forget the arrangements, sometimes after working hard to learn them. Naturally it’s from lack of practice, but the arrangements are easier to forget since they’re not written down. Adults especially have trouble even remembering them…

• Last updated 10 years ago
• arrangements, generative, Gordon Harvey, Playlist, remembering arrangements, self generative