September 25

Tonight I only had two of my piano students show up.  One called in sick.  The other did not and did not answer her phone or my text.  It was the worst time to miss.  We covered notes on the staff lines.  The piano class moves really fast.  It actually wanted me to teach all lines, and spaces on one class.  Overload!!!  I covered just the lines and both student did not get it.  It was tough for them to see that lines next to each other were not keys next to each other and what surprised me the most was they had no concept of where on the keyboard the staff lines were.  If it was an f on the staff then it must be the f below middle C every time.  I certainly was not prepared for the problems I encountered.  The students were really good about sticking with it and not getting discouraged, but we all left the lesson exhausted.

I am not sure how to catch up the students who missed and allow the other two students to move on.  I lean to letting the students who missed struggle and just move on.  We will see what happens between now and next week.  In the meantime I will be praying for inspiration on how to handle it all.