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Homework for December 2-9

Henry Recommended minutes to practice: 5-10 minutes What to practice: Stepping and Skipping, Workbook page 28 (How Notes Move) How to practice it most effectively: Make sure you play repeated notes, practice a few times a day, and have fun with it (try starting on different Cs on the piano!) How parents can support practice: Listen to him practice, and offer guidance in the [...]

2024-12-04T15:47:39-05:00December 3rd, 2024|

Homework for November 26-December 3

Henry Recommended minutes to practice: 5-10 per day What to practice:  Itsy Bitsy Spider- first line with counts that I wrote on your music sheet Teaching Little Fingers to Play- review page 5 Stepping and Skipping Theory book- complete page 45 How to practice most effectively: Itsy Bitsy- Follow the counting according to how the note is written in relation to [...]

2024-11-26T23:38:38-05:00November 26th, 2024|

Homework for November 19-26

Henry Recommended minutes to practice: 5-10 per day What to practice: Itsy Bitsy Spider first line with counts that I wrote on your music sheet, theory book colouring on p. 19 and finish numbering lines/spaces on pp. 26-27. How to practice it most effectively: Follow the counting according to how the note is written in relation to the numbers above; e.g. If a [...]

2024-11-20T19:29:48-05:00November 20th, 2024|

Homework for Oct 29-Nov 5

Hi Henry and Noreet! Awesome work this week! Here is your homework for next week: Henry How much practice: 5-10 minutes per day What to practice: Itsy Bitsy Spider Teaching Little Fingers to Play page 5 "Stepping and Skipping" Workbook colouring keys on page 19 How to practice: Itsy Bitsy Spider: Count out loud while practicing, try a little faster [...]

2024-11-05T16:40:34-05:00October 30th, 2024|

Homework for October 22-29

Hi Henry and Noreet! Great progress this week! Here is your homework for next lesson. Henry How long to practice: 5-10 min a day What to practice: Itsy Bitsy Spider (first two lines only) while counting the beats out loud Piano Theory Workbook: Colour the piano keys mentioned in the instructions on page 19 How to practice: Slowly, while following [...]

2024-11-05T16:40:15-05:00October 23rd, 2024|

Homework for October 15-22

Hi Henry and Noreet! Great work today! Here is your homework for next week: Henry Duration of practice: 5-10 minutes a day What to practice: Mary Had a Little Lamb, piano theory workbook pages 16, 18 How to practice: Two different speeds. Have a slow version of Mary Had a Little Lamb, and then a faster one How parents can [...]

2024-11-05T16:39:59-05:00October 16th, 2024|

Homework for October 8-15

Hi Henry and Noreet! Great lessons today! Here is your homework for next week, October 18: Henry How much to practice: 5-10 mins each day What to practice: Mary Had a Little Lamb lines 3 and 4, page 16 in Piano Theory Workbook How to practice: Mary Had a Little Lamb- Remember that line 3 is just like line 1 [...]

2024-11-05T16:39:48-05:00October 9th, 2024|

Homework for Oct 1-8

    Hi Henry and Noreet! Here is your homework for October 8! See you next week :) Henry Recommended minutes to practice: 5 min per day What to practice:  Piano: Mary Had a Little Lamb using the rhythm markings Theory: Page 13, fill in the missing notes/rests for #s 2-5 How to practice it most effectively: Count out loud [...]

2024-11-05T16:39:01-05:00October 2nd, 2024|

Homework For September 24-October 1

Hi Henry and Noreet! Great lessons this week! Here is what I want you to work on for next week’s lesson. Please set aside practice time each day so that we can progress week to week. I am so excited to see you in October! :) Henry Recommended minutes to practice: 5 minutes a day What to practice: Itsy Bitsy [...]

2024-09-25T00:00:07-04:00September 24th, 2024|
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