Bonding with students is essential to succeed in piano, singing, musicianship or anything really! Bond with your students using Helen’s Balloons game. This month we launched the brand new Doremi Teach: Piano training and community. In the kick-off session I shared my “First Lesson” plan for teaching the piano to young beginners. Our training is …
This week Helen is preparing the live Zoom launch sessions for the teachers enrolled on Doremi Teach: Piano. One of the activities will be to brainstorm exactly what we are teaching in a piano lesson. I set a timer for 5 minutes and scribbled down whatever popped into my head. All the things I’m working …
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Our children are curious, adventurous, experimental and playful. Instead of telling them what we want them to know, and expecting them to retain it, we need to curate a playful adventure where they experience and discover.
Helen Russell (Founder of Doremi Connect) – 27th March 2021 There’s no doubt that music education has suffered dramatically at the hands of our global pandemic. Whilst some students have been lucky enough to continue with private tuition online, the vast majority of our children have been left with nothing. Impacting their musical education and …
