Making Practicing With Your Preschooler Fun! I once had a particularly adorable student in one of my preschool-programs, and about a year after she graduated, I got an email from her mom, telling me that her daughter was playing piano-class: She lined up her stuffed animals and pretended to be me, teaching them all piano:)
Last weekend, I had my private students for their first recital post-covid. At these occasions it always amazes me to see the absolute focus they show up with: They read their notes, breathe calmly, and keep playing even if they make a mistake. I always wonder how many other areas of their lives this habit of calm focus will spill over into.
When is the last time you were creative? I don’t mean finding creative ways to time-manage or get from the upper west side to Carol Gardens. I mean being purely creative, for the sheer pleasure of it? If you are like most NYC parents, it was probably a while ago.
What are ways we can make creativity easy for children in the coming year? How can we help them enrich their lives and expand their possibilities? We can keep it simple, and avoid getting in the way.
The creative process has three distinct phases, and as adults encouraging children’s creativity, it is important to be familiar with each of them, in order to be able to guide the child through the process. We provide the structure and children provide abundant curiosity and creative energy.
A few months from now, I suspect all children can get vaccinated, and we will probably start to resume in-person lessons. But that doesn’t mean you can’t support your child’s creative development today!
When my students wear headphones for their lessons and in their piano-practice, they are in their own little piano-world.
We are never too young to appreciate music!
Lesson one: Find the low keys and the high keys. Find the sets of two and three black keys on the piano. Never too young to start Think your child is too young to start learning an instrument? Think again. Numerous studies show, that playing an instrument is the best exercise for our brains, because
You will be surprised how many children start their practice trying to locate their things. To Start helping your child create an easy daily practice, first gather the supplies they need for their work. They are: A Binder like the one you see in the picture A Notebook 1-2 ft of string or ribbon to
