Join my family today as Charlie and I learn how to play the Piano from one of the courses in the 2016 Digital Homeschool Convention. An Extra Curricular Class in your school.
You can teach your students to play the Piano even if you have never taken piano lessons. Neither Charlie nor I have done. And we do not have a Piano and with these classes and we do not need one.
Make sure as you listen to this class that you find out why you are the best teacher to teach your student. I was surprised when I heard this. And how I can have Charlie play the Piano today. Yes, I said today!!
Meet Karen
Karen first started learning music at the age of 4 from her mom and then her aunt, and by the age of 15 was helping her mom and aunt teach younger kids in their Music Schools. Besides music, Karen also attended classes in Speech and Drama, and as a teenager, she coached, trained and mentored younger kids in the Fine Arts.
After high school, however, she left music for a while to go to college and earned her master’s degree in business administration after which she worked in the corporate world. It was after Karen married and had her children that she decided to rededicate her life to teaching.
By this time Karen had acquired a diverse range of skills, which helped her to look back at her training in Music and Theater. She used her knowledge of teaching and pedagogy as well as eLearning and Adult Learning to reassess and structure the musical knowledge she had acquired as a child, into a more pleasing and enjoyable experience for young learners. Furthermore, her understanding of Adult Learning and Learning Styles also helped her in creating her flagship program Teach Your Child Piano, targeted for the Musically Untrained Homeschooling Parent.
Besides being fun and engaging, all of Karen’s programs are grounded in her signature method the Transformational Five Framework, which ensures that all learners gain a solid foundation to help them master the art of playing piano in the future.
In keeping with the Transformational Five Framework, Karen ensures that in each lesson the child has an opportunity to develop skills in the following five areas
- Sight Reading
- Music Theory
- Ear Training
- Composition
- Rhythm/Technique
Furthermore, as a part of the Transformational Five Framework, Karen also ensures that the learning is reinforced and supplemented by
- Worksheets
- Games
- Repertoire
- Flashcards
- Reviews
Besides all of the above, Karen also takes the guesswork out of teaching by providing the homeschooling parent with the following resources, as a part of the Transformational Five Framework.
- Videos
- Presentations
- Lesson Plans
- Practice Plans
- One on One Support
It is Karen’s dearest wish that all children, irrespective of their background can experience the joy of music in their homeschooling. To this end, it is her vision to reach out to a million or more moms’/parents’ who have always dreamed of teaching their kids music but couldn’t do so because they were not prepared music as kids.
