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duckens wrote:


Welcome to this growing community! There are many moms posting about their children learning to play with Soft Mozart. I have two boys, both of them one year younger than your daughters.


duckens wrote:


Taking into account each child is different and you daughters have their own background in music (congratulations for how you educate them, bu the way!) I am very interested also to see how they learn and react while using Soft Mozart. Every student sharing progress is teaching a lot to others in this forum.


duckens wrote:


There's a sample curriculum for young beginners in the Soft Mozart package ("1.0 Start HERE. 1 year lesson plan.pdf"). Write me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you have trouble viewing it.
Though we suggest following the Soft Mozart Academy credits, which is the curriculum to follow for steady progress and also receive recognition for each learning level. The credits are combined with free online guidance for each student. Piano teachers with great experience give individual advice for pieces to practice or other suggestions that will improve playing piano and technique.

Till the May 31st we have the International Recital online. DD6 can join too! We have nice prizes . Here are the rules: softmozart.com/forum/62-international-so...tal-rules.html#10261

After that, we have graduation followed by the summer curriculum (ear training, composing, transposing and writing music down). Then a new year of the Soft Mozart Academy begins and we'll have curriculum for each semester dedicated to different categories according to age and level (early learner beginners, 5 and up beginners, Level 1 graduates, Level 2 graduates).

duckens wrote:


The usual place to post is in Progress Diaries: http://www.softmozart.com/forum/33-progress-diaries.html
All the posts with videos and images are in the same thread, except when it's mentioned otherwise. The graduation recital, for instance, as you read in the link above, is to be uploaded in a dedicated section.

Hope this helps.

Andrea
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I have just had the pleasure of meeting Helene at a local homeschooling conference in Iowa.

We are so lucky to have two beautiful daughters in our home:

Bugaboo is 6. She has been learning piano with a traditional piano program for two years under my limited teaching abilities. She is nearing the end of "My First Piano Adventures, Book B." She can read easy music, sometimes play with two hands simultaneously, identify all of the notes on the keyboard, identify many of the notes on the staff, recognize Mozart and Beethoven, and knows a limited amount of theory (dynamics, time signature, accents). She is a hard worker!!! I hope that SM will be a nice addition to our practice time.


Duckiedoo just turned 2.5. She has ALWAYS been musically motivated, by dancing to music in the environment, playing on the keyboard, preferring books I sing to her, and simply NOTICING music in the environment.I hope that SM will be a way to encourage her genuine musical interest beyond what I have done with her so far.


I hope I am able to learn how to take and post videos. This is new for me.

What I am needing at this time:

1) Is there a specific starter curriculum for beginners of either child's age? I have seen "credit" requirements listed for Fall 2012 and Spring 2013. Is that a good place to start for dd6 in spite of the looming deadline? Or will there be new beginner criteria for the summer or fall?

2) When someone starts a personal log, do they keep that thread for all future postings, or does each new videoed accomplishment receive a new thread?

Is there a set curriculum with which to start listed on the website somewhere?



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MelO2,

You are doing a beautiful job! These are fantastic. Her concentration is wonderful. I will be showing these to my children......very nice.
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In the Hall of the Mountain King, E. Grieg


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Fur Elise, L. van Beethoven


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Mrs.Post wrote:


Thanks Mrs. Post for the clarification. I will try to tidy them up my suggestions then. As for the Skype session, I think I'd better not bother the teachers until I spend more effort to brush up my skills.
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Pei Lin,

I love Rachel's videos. She is such a delight to watch and my kids like watching her as well.

Cheyeow,

Yes, every child is different. But if you spend enough time in here and practice everyday just a few minutes with little ones, even though it doesn't look like they are making progress, they are. I am so glad to have you here. Toddlers are so much fun to work with.
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NEW! Download User Manual (English) for Soft Mozart software package, availabe for Mac OS and Windows in PDF format:
https://softmozart.com/technical-specs/d...d-documentation.html
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