Ivan 4yo, USA

We do not work much every day so I will post weekly here for Ivan's progress.
music appreciation: Surprise Symphony
9/19-9/20 Finger Exercise - LH and RH
Gentle Piano - Ode to Joy
Flash Card
9/22 - 9/23 French Song - R 22/28(102) R 17/28(90)
L 19/20(23) L 16/20(21)
9/24/2015 Finger Exercise - RH,LH
9/26/2015 French Song R 23/28(73) R 21/28(57) L 19/20(26) L 15/20(27)
Finger Exercise RH,LH,BH
9/27/2015 Finger Exercise RH,LH,BH
Guess Key 1:35(35)
Hot Cross Buns R13/15(50) L16/22(63)
Flash Card

Hi Hellene,

Thank you for suggestion. I will work your suggestion with Ivan. He has trouble to play 4th finger after 5th finger. I think he will get used to this way after practicing.

Yes. I know how to cut smaller segments by Ctrl + Enter and Ctrl + Backspace. Ivan remember the songs so he always asked to play full songs if this song is not too long, ie French Song.
I found his right hand move around different octave instead of middle C.
It seems he lost his right hand position after reading notes and trying to find the keys for a while.
Is it a better way to fix his right hand in middle C?
Right now, I let him play "Hot Cross Buns" as this song is shorter and repeats Do Re Mi
So his right hand won't fly around. Maybe he will get used to middle C.

Here is the progress for this week.
1. Ivan asked me to use 3 instead of 1 in Gentle Piano.
2. We mainly focus on Hot Cross Buns and Finger Exercise.
3. He struggled with both hand when playing Hot Cross Buns. We will keep practicing this

music appreciation: Surprise Symphony
9/28/2015 Hot Cross Buns L18/22(31) L20/22(34) R13/15(32) R12/15(27)
Finger Exercise RH,LH
Guess Key 0:22(12)
9/29/2015 Hot Cross Buns R 21/22(35) R 13/15(45) R 12/15(30)
9/30/2015 Hot Cross Buns L17/22(46) L21/22(30) R15/15(20) R14/15(13)
Finger Exercise RH,LH,BH
10/1/2015 Hot Cross Buns L22/22(31) L21/22(40) L17/22(30) R12/15(20) R12/15(23)
Finger Exercise RH,LH,BH
10/2/2015 Hot Cross Buns L 17/22(41) L19/22(14) L18/22(!4) R15/15(18) R11/15(25) R13/15(20) P30/37(102)
Guess Key 0:57(13)
Finger Exercise RH,LH,BH
10/3/2015 Hot Cross Buns L15/22(24) L21/22(27) R13/15(!4) R12/15(15) R15/15(16) P33/37(74) P29/37(72)
Finger Exercise RH,LH,BH
10/4/2015 Hot Cross Buns L19/22(30) L20/22(18) L19/22(19) R14/15(11) R14/15(9)
Happy Birthday R42/45(46)
Ode to Joy R20/30(52)
Flash Card Line and Space Note
Finger Exercise RH,LH,BH

Here is the progress for this week.
1. I picked some songs (Jingle Bell, Ode to Joy, Surprise Symphony) and played R4. Ivan sings the note when I played each note without Solfeggio.
2. We do finger exercise every day
3. Ivan still refused Guess Key, we only did once 1:00(18)
4. Ivan figured out delay time and sometimes tried to played longer to make time bigger.
10/5/2015 Hot Cross Buns R3:12/15(16) P3:29/37(67) P3:22/37(60) P3:33/37(46)
Ode to Joy L3:17/18(22) L3:18/18(14) L17/18(14) R3:26/30(47) R3:25/30(30)
10/6/2015 Hot Cross Buns R3:14/15(10) R3:12/15(12) P3:33/37(41)
Ode to Joy L3:18/18(12) R3:25/30(52) R3:27/30(35)
10/7/2015 Hot Cross Buns R3:14/15(18) R3:12/15(15) P3:31/37(38) P3:31/37(38)
10/8/2015 Hot Cross Buns P3:35/37(34) P3:30/37(35)
Jingle Bell L3:30/32(34) R3:33/45(40)
10/9/2015 Hot Cross Buns P3:33/37(32) P3:31/37(41)
Happy Birthday R1:14/16( 8 ) L1:25/26(25) P1:30/42(59)
10/10/2015 Hot Cross Buns P3:31/37(30) P3:30/37(32)
10/11/2015 Hot Cross Buns R4:12/15(9) P3:27/37(35) P3:32/37(29)
Jingle Bell R3:35/45(40)
Guess Key 1:00(18)