reading preparation
Managing the Transition to Reading
I have noticed that a difficult time for many parents is right before the reading program starts. At around 15 month point, parents are expecting their children to be reading fully and start to get afraid that SM will stunt their ability to read. I have been talking…
- Last updated 3 years ago
- delay the reading process, delaying reading, introducing reading, not reading fast enough, not reading soon enough, parent pushing reading, parents anxious to read, reading as the goal, reading concerns, reading expectations, reading preparation, reading program, reading readiness, starting reading, student wants only to read, when to introduce reading
Student Resists Walking SDQ
One of my private adult students had agreed to start RR but when I did the first exercises with her (walking with SDQ’s) she told me she did not feel comfortable as she feels this is more suitable for children. I told her I have…
- Last updated 4 years ago
- adult students, claiming territory, counting rhythms, difficult rhythm, explaining claiming territory, getting an even rhythm, helping students feel rhythm, improving rhythm skills, marching sdq, multiple thought processes, natural rhythm, not trusting the method, processing, processing rhythm, processing rhythms, reading, reading preparation, reading process, reading rhythm, reads rhythm, reclaiming territory, refusing to learn songs, refusing to play, regaining lost territory ideas, resistant students, rhythm, rhythm difficulty, rhythm fun ideas, rhythm games, RR, RR mastery, RR pacing, RR practice, SDQ, single thought process, single thought processes, singles doubles quads, STP, student processing and resisting approach, tapping, tapping sdq, teacher preparation, teaching rhythm, territory, trust the method, trust the process, trusting the method, trusting the process, trusting the program, walking sdq
High School Jazz Bands
I am wondering if anyone here has experience with high school jazz bands. One of my student’s parents emailed me telling me her daughter wanted to try out. She is a very talented student, quick learner, hard worker, etc. But she has only just finished…
- Last updated 4 years ago
- accomp, Accompaniment, accompaniment program, chords, high school, high school jazz band, importance of accompaniment, introducing reading, jazz, Jazz 1, jazz band, jazz bands, jazz clues, jazz musicians, jazz program, Laurie Richards, not reading soon enough, note reading, parent pushing reading, readiness, reading, reading expectations, reading goal, reading music, reading outside Simply Music, reading preparation, reading program, reading readiness, ready, starting reading, teaching reading, when to introduce reading
Parents Concerned the Reading Hasn’t Been Introduced
I’ve noticed sort of a trend, or maybe just a tendency, crop up around level 4 – 5. Parents start getting really antsy about reading, and worried about all the money they have invested in piano lessons. It’s been over a year, and their kid…
- Last updated 7 years ago
- Laurie Richards, patterns, playing-based, reading concerns, reading preparation, tool of the week