using SHMs
Limited Access to Technology
Talk to me about older adults and challenges accessing the technology. Is there still a way to order physical materials? What are other creative ways you have worked around limited access to technology? Hi Anna – no, physical materials are no longer available to purchase.…
Panther Digital Materials Different
I’m working on learning Panther in Level 9. Is there a reason that the final chord in the printed music is not played in the demo or taught in the teacher or student videos? Cool chord–assuming it’s a reference to “Pink Panther”. Ha, even I…
Sharing Materials
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…
Observe Practice in Lesson
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…
Anxiety over cost of SHMs
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…
SHMs – help or hindrance?
I am a very new SM teacher and have not started to advertise in earnest yet. However, I started teaching one adult student who was going incredibly well, but she promptly dropped out after the first month of lessons were over (I charge on a…
Student refuses to watch SHM videos
I have a student that I’ve been teaching for just over 3 months. She practices regularly, but refuses to watch the videos. Her mom will not enforce this. It’s definitely slowing her down by not watching them, but she is still making good progress. How…
Slow learning pace
I have a 7-year-old student who is painfully slow. She took 4 weeks to learn Dreams Come True. I understand it will take as long as it takes, but having been a frustrated, bored young piano student myself, I just don’t want that to set…
Using both TTMs and SHMs
I’m starting to get into Level 7 and noticed there’s some good “golden nuggets” regarding the length of pieces (I was wondering about that) and also technique and fingering. Glad these were addressed! I am now learning all Foundation pieces from the TTM and also…
How to restart returning student
I had a great student a few years ago. I think we got to Level 4 when she quit. She continued to play herself without a teacher, and now she wants to come back. What should I do with her? Should I hear all her…