Wednesday, April 27, 2011  Don't Miss your Favorite Cartoons!!
The last year and a half spent working and practicing with my
son has been quite a learning curve for me from a parent's
perspective. It's quite different explaining practicing
strategies and sending students home with an assignment than
actually being in the process of practicing with a student.  I'm
constantly finding ways to keep the focus and inject fun in
hopes of motivating my 6-year old to enjoy the music making
process. So I was at the piano bench and my son asked " how many
more times do I have to play this?", sounding quite evidently
bored and hoping that I'd come up with a number he was looking
for.... "Zero". He loves watching his favorite TV shows and it
came to my mind that I'd create virtual cartoons made up of
sections in his music.  When I announced the game, my son's eyes
lit up and he regained focus in an instant! I made up "episodes"
of Spiderman, Max & Ruby and Mighty Machines that he surely
wouldn't want to miss. In order to