"Make black marks on white paper." -Mrs. Hartzler.
We started the 100 days of practice challenge! And we are doing well, so far we have made it to the 20th day after big A's recital day. I know that 20 days do not seem like a lot, but please consider that the challenge is to do it consecutively, so no excuses, we have to practice everyday. Besides, for us this has meant a LOT of DISCIPLINE, we have not missed one day, even if we are too tired or too busy.
We have to plan accordingly so we are not out of time for practicing piano. So I guess this means we have moved piano practice to the first top three priorities for our family.
We have made it a big deal and even Dad gets to be an audience along with little A whenever big A and me are practicing.
Honestly, these 20 days of practice have made a HUGE improvement in big A's attitude towards piano, I can say that he has become more disciplined. Now we do not struggle or waste time arguing before or while practicing piano, we just know that it is part of our daily routine.
I wish we would have been more disciplined with him since we started our Suzuki journey, but now the circumstances seem to be more favorable for us, as he has longer attention spam, that we had to build during these past 2 years.
We also finished our One Hundred Cuckoos yesterday! Now we are thinking which piece should we practice next 100 times, he was so happy yesterday and showing off his colorful chart.
All this Cuckoo practice, has made big A more confident when playing this piece with both hands. And as a matter of a fact he has become more confident on facing new pieces.
We are currently working on hands/wrists position, curly fingers and understanding slurs. Our next piece to learn, according to our teacher is French Children and Lightly Row with left hand patterns.
What are you doing with your child?, are you experiencing any issues at practice time?, feel free to share your thoughts and experiences here with us!
Thanks for reading and until the next time!
Happy practicing!
