Claiming Territory
Parent and Child Lesson?
I have a working parent, interested to start taking lessons alongside her child (neither has begun yet). I appreciate that logistically this makes far more sense, than for her to join a parent class, and then also attend her child’s class, when she already has…
Parent and Child Lesson?
I have a working parent, interested to start taking lessons alongside her child (neither has begun yet). I appreciate that logistically this makes far more sense, than for her to join a parent class, and then also attend her child’s class, when she already has…
Students who want Private Lessons
I keep getting students who are not “happy” with their group (for various unimportant reasons) and want to either move group or have private one-on-one lessons instead. I prefer to teach mainly in groups but find myself “bending over backwards” for students only to have…
Teaching Order
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…
Tips & Tricks for Bringing Closure to Piano Lessons
I would love to know if anyone has any special ways they end their lessons. This could obviously be different from kids to adults. High 5’s, goodbye song? stickers? I find that the end of my lessons just kind of dribble out, rather than having…
Saying Class is Over
I was hoping I could get some ideas on how to politely end class (mainly private lessons) at the proper time. It works great when my next student is already there and waiting, but when I don’t have a class following I sometimes have trouble…
Classical Stream
I just got off the phone with an adult that started learning traditionally and wants to try out SM. I let her know the various genres we teach, and she let me know she is not crazy about jazz or blues. I have had another…
Help with Foundation Session
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…
Teens and Claiming Territory
I wanted to share a territory victory, even though it caused me to lose a student. This student was 12 (not quite a teenager, but BOY did she act like one). I told her coming in, as I do with all prospective students of this…
Teen Students & Parents
I have a couple of teenagers (16 and 17) that have years of previous experience and have been with Simply Music since summer ’09. They both catch on easily and are wonderfully capable of going forward. However, neither of them are keeping their playlist alive and…