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Week 2 @ West Bayfield

It was another great class at West Bayfield this week, and so nice to meet Tyler and to welcome Daniel back from his trip. What a great group, we are getting so much done! Beginner Level 2A – Grace and Jack and Tyler We use a software program called Children’s Music Journey vol. 2. Today [...]

Week 1 @ West Bayfield

It was great to be back at West Bayfield this week, and so nice to meet Grace and Jack, and to see my buddy Jarrett again. I am very excited about this class, especially once we get Tyler and Daniel back next week. What a great group, we are going to get so much done! [...]

Week 6 @ West Bayfield

Great job today everyone. I enjoyed watching you show your parents what you have been working on. Have a great March Break and I will keep you posted about a Spring Term!

Week 6 @ West Bayfield

Beginner Level 1A Today in Class Liam and Thomas completed lesson 7, where we practiced more holding notes. Both boys are doing very well with holding notes! We also talked about finger numbers. Your mom is going to help you learn to play Hot Cross Buns using a handout with the finger numbers, placing your [...]

Week 4 @ West Bayfield

Beginner Level 2A Today Jarrett and Kayla did Lesson 29, where we were using all ten fingers to play notes moving in steps AND skips. Please remember that notes below Middle C are played with your Left Hand! We want all your fingers to get strong and be able to play well, which is why [...]

Week 2 @ West Bayfield

First off, my apologies for this post being so late in the week. I guess with sick babies and then the long week-end it slipped my mind, but my intention is to always post Thursday evening, Friday morning at the latest. Beginner Level 1A Today in Class Today we completed lessons 3 and 4, where [...]

Week 1 @ West Bayfield

Hello! We had a great first class of the winter term, and it was so nice to meet some new students and see a few returning students from last term. It is a real pleasure for me to introduce your children to piano. I have been teaching both private and group piano lessons for about [...]

Week 9 @ West Bayfield

Hello! This week was our last class before our recital. Next week the students should still arrive at the regular time as we will do a little dress rehearsal, and the last half hour of the class will be our recital. Very exciting! So, Jolly Old Saint Nicholas is the number one thing to be [...]

Week 8 @ West Bayfield

So, today was week 8 of 10. That means that next week is our last lesson before our recital. Our recital is the last half of the last class, which means it will be at 4:00pm on December 17th. This will be your first piano recital, so it is of course very exciting, and you [...]

Week 7 @ West Bayfield

Today’s class went much smoother! Thanks to everyone for coming ready to learn something new, it makes a huge difference! Also, a reminder that there will be no class next week because there will be parent teacher interviews on the 26th in the classroom we use. I’ll see you in December! Level 1A Today in [...]

Week 6 @ West Bayfield

So, today was a first for me, the network crashed out about 15 minutes and we did the last 45 minutes of class with no software or keyboards…the network would reconnect and then disconnect again almost immediately. We still did piano though! Lots of rhythm exercises on the floor, and other floor activities outlined below, [...]

Week 5 @ West Bayfield

Today we were missing half our class! Hopefully those of you who were missing are not sick, and we hope to see you back next week. Be sure to do any worksheets linked from here, and email me if you were missing as there were some worksheets that I handed out in class that I [...]

Week 4 @ West Bayfield

Beginner Level 1A Today in Class We missed you Tyson, hope to see you next week! Today we completed lesson 6, where our new teacher, Mr. Bach taught us about holding notes. Jarrett and Ben both did very well with this new concept, and you did a great job in the games room, with two [...]

Week 3 @ West Bayfield

Beginner Level 1A Today in Class Today we completed lessons 4 and 5, where we continued repeating short rhythmic patterns based on words, and learned to replace the birds and whales in our notation with circle notes, and just a line for Middle C notes – no more sky and ocean.  I have noticed a [...]

Week 2 @ West Bayfield K-6

Hello! Thanks for visiting our blog. This is THE spot to keep connected to what we are learning in class, so I’m glad you are checking in! We had a good class today, although 3 people were missing. I hope you are having a great time in Florida, Ethan and Gavin, and we’ll see you [...]

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