Little bear had his second piano lesson a fortnight after the first, as the teacher was poorly last week. We braved wind, rain, lurgy and cold to get there (cheated and got a taxi there but bus back) and then little bear was raring to go.
The teacher is carefully showing him things like how to hold his hands properly, how to make loud, soft, high and low notes, and singing lots of songs. She played a nice tune while little bear tapped out middle C to the right rhythm. Little bear had a marvellous time. The teacher was impressed by how much he remembered from the one and only lesson.
I wasn't impressed. I know exactly how good little bear's memory is, especially for treats from Approved Food. He lacked concentration and had a tendency to wander around if he wasn't reminded. This is due to tiredness/lurking lurgy, and also being not quite five. I am pressing to have books for him to encourage the idea of practice - things seem to come so easily to him, but now is the time that he needs to learn how to learn and that work is rewarded.
The teacher, however, is impressing me. Although she has no little ones of her own, and little bear is the youngest, I think by about two years, that she has taught, she does take him in her stride. She was not thrown by little bear explaining that he was wearing a toilet roll on his wrist as a pretend bracelet (drat and darn, didn't spot it on the way out, then it was under his coat until too late) and she was quite calm as he solemnly explained that he wouldn't swim in the sea on account of sharks.
I hope it continues to go well. I think little bear can hardly contain himself until he learns how to play a tune!
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