This is a 3 week camp that I am offering for beginner students. This will be a fun way to stay individualized and also learn with new friends in class.  I love watching young children learn how to express themselves through music and cultivate a life-long appreciation for music. I was an elementary teacher for 10 years and have taught private piano lessons for 25 years. The students I teach in my home learn from the series that I will be teaching from in this class.  We will be using the primer lesson book in the Faber Piano Adventures series. I thought this would be a nice way to keep the cost low for materials. Families only need to purchase one book from the series. We will be doing pages each week from the lesson book and it will be used for the entire class. On occasion I may skip a page or add something not in the book to teach something I think the students would love and learn from. We will not be able to finish this book in the 3 weeks; however, I hope to set up a second class for all interested. I am so excited to meet each of your children. Here is a brief overview of what we will cover in our 3 week primer class. 

Class 1: Introduction to Playing and Proper Technic at the Piano 
Proper Sitting Position at the Piano and Making a Round Hand Shape
Finger Numbers for Right and Left Hands 
High and Low Sounds: Moving Up and Down the Keyboard from Middle C
Learning Songs on the Groupings of 2 and 3 Black Keys
Quarter Note Value 
*If most children have taken my beginner class, then we will likely just review this first lesson and keep moving to the next lesson. 

Class 2: 
Playing Repeated Notes 
Half Note Value 
Songs with Repeated Notes, Quarter Notes, and Half Notes
Dynamic Markings Forte and Piano (Playing Loud and Soft)
Whole Note Value 

Class 3: 
Learn Old MacDonald Song 
Review Quarter Note, Half Note, and Whole Note
Learn the Musical Alphabet
Learn C-D-E on the Piano

Class 4: 
Review the Musical Alphabet
Steps on the Piano 
Learn F-G-A-B on the Piano 
Learn the C 5 Finger Scale Position on the Piano 

Class 5: 
Songs with the C 5 Finger Scale 
In Music, Beats are Grouped in Measures
Draw our own Measures, Bar Lines, and Beats
Play Ode to Joy 
Dotted Half Note Value
Learning Games to Review all Notes

Class 6: 
Notes are Placed on Lines and Spaces of the Staff to Represent a Note or Tone
Bass Clef and Treble Clef
Middle C and Treble G
Songs with Middle C and Treble G

*We will end this last lesson by giving each student the opportunity to share their favorite song from our 6 week piano class. It is so fun to hear children play for each other and share their special gifts and talents. 

I love to support and encourage young students. I am so excited to meet your child and make music together week to week.  If your child has taken my beginner one-time class, I will be thrilled to see them again. If this is your child's very first lesson, we will make this a fun class to look forward to week to week.