Josh is learning the piano!! He started learning about 3 months ago, through Scots College, with a weekly lesson every Thursday. Joshua actually finds reading music very easy ... however, sadly, he is a little 'frightened' of his music teacher. She is quite a dear lady in her late 70's and I possibly think she is better suited to older pupils who have been playing for awhile. Apparently she 'yells' and has been known to 'smack' his hand ... as you can imagine, this is NOT good for Josh and his sensitive nature. We all have memories of our own childhood and now, through adult maturity, recognise how important our role models and teachers are and the impact they have on our learning. We decided that it would be such a shame for Joshua to lose interest in music because he was 'scared' of his teacher so we had a great opportunity to meet another teacher, outside of school, through his friend, Amanaki. Amanaki went away for 3 weeks and gifted Joshua his 3 lessons so we were able to trial Erin and she was able to trial Josh!
We have loved the lessons with Erin and the good news is that Erin was impressed at how much Joshua has learned in only 3 months and his ability to read music. Fortunately she has a gap in her diary so Joshua can have a lesson with her every Thursday after school. We are very excited and start this coming term. Mummy even gets to sit in (quietly) and listen. Erin has a special way with Joshua - she is very kind and has a soft, yet firm way of helping him learn.
.... err that reminds me, I need to let the other teacher know (oh dear, even Mummy is not looking forward to that!).
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