SHMs

How would you handle this situation: neighbor (parent 2) of a current student (parent 1) was interested in SM; current student parent 1 shares account info just to give the parent 2 neighbor an idea of what the digital materials are like etc. parent 2…

• Last updated 4 years ago
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I’ve made a big discovery! It all started when I realized my students must not be practicing very well at home – or they would be playing better. One lady even said she was practicing an hour a day sometimes, but it really wasn’t showing…

• Last updated 4 years ago
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I find myself personally going through “sticker shock” with the cost of Student Home Materials and it’s making me feel scared to tell families what they are required to purchase without apologizing for the cost. It’s also making me hesitant to include any of the…

• Last updated 6 years ago
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How do I deal with this? I have a group of two boys in Foundation 2. I’ve asked the life coaches to purchase Accompaniment 1, several weeks in a row. Each week they come back and haven’t gotten it yet. Now they’ll soon be purchasing…

• Last updated 7 years ago
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I’m after some advice as to what conversation to have with a student that is leaving to continue teaching himself online. The student is 9 years old and halfway through Level 2. His lesson is tomorrow and I want to have a response prepared to…

• Last updated 7 years ago
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I am looking for ideas on how your students organize their printed SHMs and what you ask them to bring to the lesson. When I started teaching in SMD, I had each student bring in a binder with dividers to create sections for each level/program.…

• Last updated 7 years ago
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I have an 11-year-old that has been learning with me and I have just learned that she is teaching herself from the music book and NOT looking at the videos or listening to the audio files. I couldn’t quite work out what was going on;…

• Last updated 7 years ago
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