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Help for New Teacher

I’ve been teaching Simply Music for 8 months. I am a single mother with a little boy in grade two. I thought teaching piano would be my answer to the struggle that working as a mother can be. I am finding that I’m beginning to…

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…

Time off in a Group Setting

I have a student who will be taking about a month off when his mom has a baby. I couldn’t find anything about this in Simpedia, which surprised me. It’s no problem for me that they’re taking the time off. This is a time when…

Restoring Students’ Momentum After a Break

Do you have a particular thing that you do the beginning of the year to get everyone focused again? There are three times a year when my studio has a break from lessons. Spring break is a week, summer break is 3 weeks, and Christmas…

Regaining Momentum After A Break

I have a bit of scheduling dilemma and would welcome some input. I have some students who are anxious to start lessons, but because of vacations they’ll be away in August and I’ll be away in September. If they were to start now they would…

A Break from Lessons

I would appreciate advice regarding a 6 year old who has been taking lessons in a shared lesson for about 18 months. She is keeping up well in the lessons, so I was surprised to find out when talking casually to her mum that the…

Impacting Attrition Rates & Longevity

I am wondering if anyone has any data on attrition rates for SM: meaning – what percentage of students discontinue lessons and when that is most likely to occur? I am working on my schedule for this Spring and trying to think about how best…

Group Students – Extended Time Away

“…I was wondering how anyone has dealt with the issue of a group student being gone over the summer (in my area we’re out for 2 1/2 months). Mom does not want to have her student pulled from the group. The group should be into…

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…

Foundation Session for Children

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…