Musical Progress

Emailed Beth's Yamaha teacher recently to share our observations of Beth's progress and to ask if the teacher would consider tutoring her one-to-one.

CA and I are concerned that the weekly one-hour classes are too much for Beth. After 30 mins, she loses concentration, starts yawning and getting fidgety and actually slides off her bench. Not all kids in her class are like that; some have remarkable self-discipline.

Her teacher's responses:
She will observe Beth's performance in class and talk to us about it.
She only accepts students for private tuition when they're at least 8 y.o.
In the interim, she recommends Yamaha as the best learning format for young children.

I might switch Beth to a weekday Yamaha class next year so her Saturdays aren't so packed.

But that also means she'll have one more weekday that's crammed with after-school activity.