michjas wrote: Hi, I have started my just turned 3 year old on the Soft Mozart journey and the results have been very promising. I just received the 12 month subscription, but have spent the last week whilst waiting for the software to arrive using the trial version.
It is interesting. We have 'Ode to Joy' for trial version and it is not an easy piece for 3-year-old kids to start. Did your child learn the song? Right hand, Left hand, Both?
My daughter enjoys playing the piano, and at times is not completely focused on the lesson, but for some reason is always drawn to finish her lesson. I think it is the computer game/reward/instant feedback aspect (and also the stickers I give her at the end of each lesson ) that makes her practice every day.
Wow! It is very unusual for the kid of this age!
For the first few days she was scared of the spider in the Guess the Key game, so I had to explain to her that it was a friendly spider, and to prove it to her, I had to point out the smile on the spider. Now each time we start off the game, we wave and say hello to the gnome and the spider everytime we see them on the screen.
I also tell my students that the spider has a big family to feed and he is harvesting fruits sometimes. So, if in the games we miss a note or two, it is ok, because the spider's kids also love the fruits.
She loves playing Hot Cross Buns and even when she's not on the piano, she sings it in solfege and plays it on the xylophone.
Oh, so you have Starter kit program?
We keep the lessons short - only 5-10 minutes a day + play a solfa jumping game, where I've enlarged the flash cards and stuck them onto plastic plates and the kids jump on the cards. Then I take some of the cards so that we do some interval training and guess the next note games.
You are on the right track. It would be lovely to see the pictures/videos of your activities.
Thank you Hellene for this product. It is the best product I have found to teach piano and musicianship skills!!
You are welcome! And thank YOU for sharing your experience!
Questions:
Do we need to purchase the Kingdom of Tune Book and the Flash Cards separately or are they meant to be part of the kit?
It is sold separately, but exist in down loadable version.
What is the crypt box for? Are we meant to use this every time we play the program?
It is the essential part of the program's extension or renewal. When the time limited version is expired, we'll send you the code for the crypto box to process and submit.