New 17 Track CD with Voice-Over "Count Aloud" I’ve just recorded a CD and voice-over “count aloud” for each of the 17 songs in the music book that comes with our basic course. Any customer that orders our basic course will now receive this in their package. This CD is a useful tool as you teach the rhythm of each song and your child learns to count aloud.

When you first begin working with your child, just playing the correct notes using the color as a guide and trying to play the different notes with different fingers is a huge accomplishment. However, as you move through the course and your child begins to master the beginning piano concepts, counting aloud is one of the most important skills you’ll teach.

All the familiar songs in the music book give your child an opportunity to practice and apply the concept each lesson teaches. The ability to play a recognizable tune right away provides the motivation to continue practicing and learning. When you introduce counting aloud this CD will be very helpful. Each song is played with a metronome keeping time and the voice-over counting aloud each measure.

Keeping the rhythm steady is one of the trickiest things to learn. It’s natural to slow down or speed up the “counting” as your child searches for the correct note. Counting a steady rhythm and your child’s fingers keeping up with that rhythm will come with practice. At first, you’ll be counting aloud as your child plays. The goal is for your child to be able to count aloud as he/she plays. This will come with time and lots of practice.

As always, you know your child best and are you’ll be the best judge whether to use this CD primarily as a teaching tool for yourself or to let your child hear, and perhaps even play along, to the CD. This will depend a lot on your child’s age and how much of the course you’ve covered. Above all, always keep it fun! Your child is mastering difficult skills a baby step at a time. Singing along as your child plays and eventually counts aloud is always a great way to add fun and help with the rhythm.


Angie

By the way, if you ordered our course before the CD was available and would like a copy, I’m happy to send it to you. Just email me at angie@pianoforpreschoolers.com. 0 comments