summer piano

I happened across a cute idea for a piano chart so I copied it. What was funny about the original chart is that it said it was made for a 16 year old viola player. I can't really picture this working for a 16 year old, but whatever! It is perfect for my house. Each person gets their own color sticker and a prize when they get to the end of the chart. Clare wants her own Ben and Jerry's ice cream. She is a funny girl! So far she is very motivated. She gets a sticker for her daily practice and then an extra sticker for each 15 minutes she does of theory or extra practice (usually old, fun or easier music than regular lesson stuff).

That reminds me a of a funny story from a few weeks ago. Clare was really upset that she had to do her piano before .. . fun of some kind (tv, swimming, can't remember). Anyway, she said, "It's no fair Lexey doesn't have to do piano." I said, "Oh, well she did hers already." Clare's reply: "Well, it's no fair she likes piano!"  haha. I said, "Clare, you are allowed to like piano too!"   She is a hoot.

Clare was doing theory yesterday and was doing a page about space notes and line notes. There was a fill in the blank.  Notes are on __________ or in _________.  I'm pretty sure the correct answer is notes are on lines or in spaces, but Clare put Notes are on paper or in books. It was so cute and quite literally true so I didn't correct her and left that gem for her piano teacher to enjoy when she corrects it! Hopefully she finds it as cute as I did.