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No Practice Piano Lessons for Busy Families Part 1: Semester Piano Lessons

Join us for 12 weeks of fun and engaging piano lessons for the total beginner. These full curriculum piano lessons with no practice requirements are perfect for homeschoolers, busy families, and neurodiverse learners! Piano Book included.
Ms Nefeli - Neurodivergent Piano Teacher
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Class

What's included

24 live meetings
12 in-class hours
Assessment
Observation during class and informal performances. Students also have the option to send in videos for feedback.

Class Experience

Join us for 12 weeks of fun and engaging piano lessons for the total beginner. These full curriculum piano lessons with no practice requirements are perfect for homeschoolers, busy families, and neurodiverse learners! Piano Book included.

W H A T   I S   N O   P R A C T I C E ?  🤔 🤔  

A no practice curriculum is a piano curriculum designed to offer busy parents and children a chance to learn piano without the expectation or demand of daily practice.  This curriculum differs from traditional piano lessons in that the pacing of concepts is slower and there is a lot of revision and practice built into each lesson.  By removing the expectation to practice we are allowing learners to enjoy making and learning about music in a fun and low demand environment.

🧒 W H O   I S   T H I S   C L A S S   F O R ? 

This class is for any total beginner piano student who cannot commit to practicing each week, but can commit to coming for lessons.  Whether you have a busy schedule, executive functioning challenges, want a low demand introduction to piano, or just want to try out piano and see if you like it, then these classes are for you.  They are slower paced than traditional lessons, but we go through all the material together in a fun and engaging way.  
NOTE: If you'd like faster paced classes and can commit to practicing about 10-20 minutes, 5X a week, please check out my Traditional Twist Piano Classes!

W H A T   T O   E X P E C T

👩‍🏫  In this 12 week class, learners will meet 2x/week for 30 minutes each for a fun and engaging way to learn piano fundamentals including rhythm, note reading, improvising, intervalic reading and more!
🌈  A fun and engaging neurodiversity affirming class experience where everyone is free to be themselves.  All I ask is that you are respectful to yourself and other learners
🎵 A rhythm warm up or youtube Body percussion
💪 Physical isolations and exercises to engage large and small muscles 
🎮  interactive board games and activities on Google Slides
📖  learning to analyse and read music on Screen Share
🎹  practicing and performing on the piano
 
🔍 C L A S S   O V E R V I E W

The class is structured around Vibrant Music Teaching's Piano Launchpad curriculum by Nicola Canton.  There are 3 parts to this class and this class is PART 1.  All students will receive a PDF of the Student Piano Pieces we will be working on each semester.  In addition to the pieces, we will be playing lots of games, screen sharing to annotate and analyse music, learn rhythm with body percussion on youtube, and have lots of fun together!

Classes will meet 2X per week.  The topics below will be split between the two classes each week and we will also spend time reviewing lessons from previous weeks. Please note this is meant as a guide and I will adjust / review topics as needed to best suit the learners in each class.

Week 1:	Groups of Black Keys, Whole and quarter notes, Note D, T-T-T-Takeoff
Week 2:	Finger Numbers, Eighth Notes, White Key Names, Star Sleet
Week 3:	Half Notes, Steps / Skips, Alien Friend
Week 4:	Forte / Piano, Black Key Bunches
Week 5:	Line/ Space,  Hop on the Moon	
Week 6:	Treble/Bass Clef, Saturn Supposes
Week 7:	Landmark Cs, Space Snacks
Week 8:	Reading steps on the staff, Mary Lives on Jupiter	
Week 9:	Reading skips on the staff, Space Station Saunter
Week 10: Fine, DC al Fine, Far Off Sun 				
Week 11:	C pentascale, dotted quarter note, Ode to Earth	
Week 12:	Intervalic Reading, patterns, Skating on Asteroids
Learning Goals
By the end of Part 1 of this class, students will have a good understanding of high/low notes on the piano and on the staff, all white keys on the piano, a good understanding of rhythm values and will begin to understand reading intervallically on the Grand Staff.  Students will also be able to play primo and secondo versions of 12 pieces.
learning goal

Other Details

Supply List
📖 Piano Launchpad Piano Book - PDF will be provided.  Please print out at the beginning of the semester.
In addition to the piano book, please have the following within arms reach for each class:
✏️ Pencil / Eraser
🖍 Coloured pencils or crayons for marking up pieces
🎲 Dice for playing games
External Resources
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Joined March, 2023
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from University of Waterloo
Hi, I'm Nefeli!  

I'm a certified Online Music Teacher with with a BA in Psychology and a special interest in music and how we learn.   

I've been teaching piano for over 20 years, as well as tutoring high school math and study skills.  I'm a relationship first teacher which means I take time to get to know my students and find out how they learn and what their strengths and challenges are.  I always focus on strengths first to build confidence and a love of music!

I am neurodiversity affirming which means that no matter your ability or disability, you will have access to high quality music education and that no matter your neurotype, you are welcome to be yourself.  You can stim, you can play with your fidgets or doodle, you can turn off your camera, you can type your answers in the chat if that is your preference.
 
I have a variety of classes to suit your needs, including
- Just Games! (Fun way to reinforce theory)
- Camps
- No practice group classes
- master workshops on various topics (such as emotions and music, performance anxiety, rhythm, composers)
- 1:1 lessons
- 20 minute focussed practice sessions
- and more!

Fun facts about me: 
 1.  I call myself the  Neurodivergent Piano Teacher because it's easier than saying "I'm autistic and have ADHD and bipolar and executive dysfunction and prosopagnosia and aphantasia and anxiety and I teach piano" 😅.  
2. I have been bellydancing for many years and have recently started learning ballet.  While I love middle Eastern music, I have to admit that the piano music during ballet class really makes my soul happy.

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$444

for 24 classes
2x per week, 12 weeks
30 min

Live video meetings
Ages: 8-12
2-5 learners per class

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