Once upon a time our daughters looked forward to going back to school. Granted, we’d have to go all the way back to kindergarten and Grade 1 to witness that excitement!
These days, as they head off to Grade 7 and Grade 11, that excitement has been replaced with some combination of sorrow and dread (sad they’re growing up, dread for the physics and calculus homework).
My feelings of nostalgia for that back-to-school energy inspired me to compose a pre-reading back-to-school piano solo for your littlest students.
I will imagine their excitement at receiving this music while I usher my own, less-than-excited children off to school 🙂
A Pre-Reading Back-To-School Piano Solo With Duet
Using groups of two and three black keys, this year’s pre-reading back-to-school piano solo is composed on the Wunder Staff using Wunder Dot Notation.
Wunder Dots are finger number symbols placed on the Wunder Staff. They are a huge pedagogical advancement over the approach found in old-fashioned method books that let finger numbers just “float in space”.
The structured placement of Wunder Dots on the Wunder Staff allows students to read directional movement from their first piano lesson.
Accompanying the music are fun, back-to-school lyrics.
You can download our pre-reading back-to-school piano solo at the bottom of the post, but first…
Have You Heard Of Glissando and the Slimy Songbook?
Today’s piano solo is designed to correlate with a very exciting pre-reading piano book!
Glissando and the Slimy Songbook is an innovative resource that uses Wunder Dot Notation on the Wunder Staff.
If you have used Chillin’ on the Black Keys, V. U. Level B, or Nuts For Alpha Notes, V. U. Level C, then you are already familiar with the Wunder Staff.
The Wunder Staff is a pre-reading music staff that facilitates a student’s visual recognition of directional movement when reading Wunder Dots (in Level A), finger number notes (in Level B), and alpha notes (in Level C).
Together with the Wunder Staff, the Wunder Dot Notation found in Glissando and the Slimy Songbook will provide the strongest foundation for future learning that you will ever find in a pre-reading piano resource.
Click here or on the cover below to get it now.
Download Our Pre-Reading Back-To-School Piano Solo
Click here or on the image below to download our Pre-Reading Back-To-School Piano Solo from the Teach Piano Today Homework Pages.
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