Thanks for coming this week, Moms. Please know that I understand the COUNTLESS hours of quiet (and not so quiet) urging, patience, and reminding on your part to help your children get to where they are. 
There were lots of new songs this week – a few of which we didn’t even have time to get to in class. Remember what we learned about the DOWNBEAT? See if you can hear the downbeat in songs around you. I was impressed to see you do the music alphabet backwards. Keep up the alphabet pieces game – do 2-3 letters at a time and see how quickly your kids can find those notes on the piano. I liked that Calypso beat, too.
PRACTICING
Have fun with those bug scales and remember to “pop” UNDER your long third finger on the way up. Play “How to Skip” using the hand positions and pattern we discussed in class. I can’t wait until next week to see what you have done with “Tinga Layo” and “When the Saints Go Marching.” I don’t think you’ll have any trouble with those chords. Keep working on “I’m an Indian” – and don’t overthink it – you’re doing two different things at the same time, but we’ve done so much in class to help you “feel it.” Be confident and SING while you play!
HOMEWORK
Name the notes on the staff: low C, middle C, high C (you can just mark “C”); middle D, and middle B. Want extra note-reading practice at home? Draw a simple staff with 5 lines and make 5-6 little dots around middle C – just like we did in class up at the piano. I love that sight-reading is such a fun game at this point!
See ya real soon!!
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