About a month ago, Precious told me that she wanted to take piano lessons. I asked her if she wanted to go to a teacher, or if she wanted me to teach her. I was very willing to take her to someone else! But, she said she wanted me to teach her. Today, we happened upon a teachable moment, and so she had her first, short piano lesson.
I actually taught her from the couch. Our goal today was to find all of the C's on the piano. First, I had her find groups of two black keys together. (Okay, I did get up once to help her get started.) Then, I told her that the white key just below the two black keys was a C. I got her interested in finding different C's by giving each one a name, like "cat" and "cute." Within a few minutes, she was jumping from one C to the next!
Then, she crawled around the house meowing like a cat, and Bubby joined in.
I'm not sure if I should move on by showing her the ABC-thing, or to find F's, since that's the note below the black key groups of three.
I actually taught her from the couch. Our goal today was to find all of the C's on the piano. First, I had her find groups of two black keys together. (Okay, I did get up once to help her get started.) Then, I told her that the white key just below the two black keys was a C. I got her interested in finding different C's by giving each one a name, like "cat" and "cute." Within a few minutes, she was jumping from one C to the next!
Then, she crawled around the house meowing like a cat, and Bubby joined in.
I'm not sure if I should move on by showing her the ABC-thing, or to find F's, since that's the note below the black key groups of three.
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And--ahem--Daddy-- I remembered the music lessons, but alas, the calculus didn't stick so well...