My Book one class met for its second lesson. And, Ta Da.... a student that previewed the class last week showed up! No call, no advanced notice. She was fully ready to join. Dad had all smiles and his checkbook, a great sign. I had no material ready. No Problem! I had an extra set in my files. Hurrah! We did the class and had lots of fun. This is a good mix of children (with one boy that is acting like a boy of course). After class jthe new student pulled out her book 1 which her parents bought when they tried to put her in my class when she was too young. It was already written in but the parents wanted to use it. No cards, missing practice CD. You get the picture. But I had that Dad with his checkbook. I called to find out what a replacement CD would be and a sibling book. Let's just say it is a good deal to get all new material so Dad wrote that check for the full amount of the class and his daughter loved getting a fresh book so that she could do the homework better this time! Her words.
Hey, if you are teaching MM at the Keyboard and you haven't trained yet, plan to join the next next workshop for Music Makers at the Keyboard . It will be the best investment of your teaching career. You could try to glean ideas from my blog and from gartenloop and ask a million questions from veteran teachers but it simply is not the same. You could try to puzzle over the teacher's guide and try to figure out the value of the singing circle and that 5 part song process but seeing it taught by trainers is priceless and puzzle breaking. You will learn so much at the these workshops. Did you know the trainers are some of the best teachers in the nation? And they are my heroes? So sign up for a workshop today. Start saving the money now. When you start amassing students you will more than make up the money and you will never go back to traditional methods, I am very sure about this.
Ellen
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