New year, new semester, new blog

Monday, January 4 begins our spring semester of private piano lessons. Please be sure to bring your books and notebook to your first lesson of the new year! This semester we will be preparing for our formal recital in May. Each student will be assigned a new piece of classical music to preform from memory on the recital. We will also be researching the composers of our music so that the children can write their own program notes for their recital pieces.

This week at the Cherubs Clubhouse we will be hosting two free demo classes. On January 6, at 10:00am we will be having our free Kindermusik class for kids 0 to 4. On January 7 at 4:00 we will have our group piano demo for kids 4 and up. Come try out a class! The purpose of these demos is for each parent to observe a few sample activities from our curriculum. Children react in different ways to their first experience in a new class. It is not uncommon for some to be very shy about participating or others to be distracted by their new surroundings. The best way to get a feel for one of our classes is to try it for the duration of a term. It often takes several classes for a child to become accustomed to the class routine and focused on the classroom activities. As a parent or caregiver, the most important thing you can do is participate in the class yourself. If you are tentative about participation, or not focused to the classroom activities, your child will follow suit. The more engaged you are with the class and with your child, the more engaged your child will be. We are still taking registrations for our classes beginning in January, so be sure to visit our website to learn more.

I have decided to begin a new blog! I will maintain this blog as an informative resource about our classes at the Cherubs Clubhouse, Bruno Montessori and my Inverness studio. My new blog will be focused more on music and child development. Check it out!