Q+A Ep 8 Helping Students with Anxiety & Teaching Online and In Person
Show Notes
A great discussion about teaching children who are dealing with anxiety, ideas around parent issues, safety when returning to face to face lessons and ideas on how to get students practising. Check out the show now.
New resources in the Online Lessons Teacher Resource Kit including the sheet music and example ensemble score of "Ev'ry Little Cell" along with teaching ideas, and a poster for your studio for when you return to face to face teaching about Covid19 safety protocols.If you haven't yet registered, you can access the Teacher Resource Kit here.
Overview for Episode 8
Where you can find specific answers to your questions in this week's show. There were some deep dives into topics this week. (timings of the broadcast):
00:00 Welcome to our guests
01:10 A look at each of the panel members' set up Sara Campbell, Susan Head & Caryn Eastman
07:40 Q: I’m finding one of my students is not learning as well as she normally would. She seems to lack focus in her modern piano lessons sometimes.
08:30 Susan & Paul provide a musical strategy to improve sight reading piano and to help students with anxiety with the help from Music Therapist, Alison Davies
16:30 Vanessa shares about her students who are stressed and how music lessons have helped.
17:45 Sara shares how teens have been coping during this time.
19:30 More items for Online Lesson Teacher Resource Kits - available at Piano Teaching Success
20:45 Schools returning and businesses starting to open, what are you doing in your studio at this time?
21:30 Vanessa shares her dual studio, face to face & online including legal arrangements, public liability, etc
22:45 Susan's online studio
25:55 Sara shares what she is doing before going into the USA summer break and the safety issues around teaching singing.
29:00 Teaching piano for very young students
36:00 Mindset and the impact on your studio
39:15 Communicating with parents
44:00 Sara has a free download on communicating with parents. Available here.
45:00 Safety Face shield
45:40 Question: What tips do you have on how to get students practicing when they have so many extracurricular activities?
52:00 Make Music Day Sunday 21 June and more online recital info from Sara and colleague Alexa Madison
54:40 Next week's panel
Get your copy of the free Online Lessons Teacher Resource Kit which includes: 64 flashcards, 1, 2, 6, & 12 stave manuscript, 2 & 3-octave paper keyboards, Google Sheet template for student communication, Covid19 Studio Health & Safety Policy, Ev'ry Little Cell Sheet Music & Ensemble. Available here.
Get Sara's suggestions for communicating with parents here
