Can Sunny Girl Come Out to Play??

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/printissue/currentissue/893530-427/give_them_a_big_hand.html.csp 

  
                  "Puppets are great motivators for children who are learning to read".


The article at the link above, which promotes the use of puppets to help teach children to read, is the inspiration for this blog post.

Young children are so much fun to work with, but are not always keen to listen and learn. They are easily distracted,  require constant change of material, constant stimulation, and, movement during the lesson. I, the piano teacher, can be boring, although I use my most creative language in a high energy way when teaching the young.

                                         Sometimes, that is not enough.

                    What can one do to capture the imagination of a 4 year old?

This is where Sunny Girl enters. My female puppet, dressed fashionably in jeans and hip red sneakers, elicits the name of a certain note, or the drawing of a quarter note, in a way no human can.

My wide eyed student is now fascinated to learn about the grand staff, the time signature, or read the week's new piece with eyes up, and, her best concentration.



                                  Can Sunny Girl come out to play today?





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