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Local Boob
So a post in another thread made me think about this:
What do you guys teach in your very first lesson...like the first half hour you have with a student? How do you get them "into the boat' and ready to be pushed off?
for me,
- I do my "spiel" about how to hold the sticks- you know, fulcrum, wrist motion etc....then they do 8 on a hand to get that going
- I start them on my rhythmic subdivisions sheet for reading purposes
- then we learn paradiddles
so they leave with a first weeks assignment of 8 on a hand to work basic motion, the Rhythmic sheet to learn basic counting, and paradiddles; I also give them a list of Youtube videos to watch for inspiration, and tell them that we will discuss the videos in the next lesson
interested to see what people do!!
What do you guys teach in your very first lesson...like the first half hour you have with a student? How do you get them "into the boat' and ready to be pushed off?
for me,
- I do my "spiel" about how to hold the sticks- you know, fulcrum, wrist motion etc....then they do 8 on a hand to get that going
- I start them on my rhythmic subdivisions sheet for reading purposes
- then we learn paradiddles
so they leave with a first weeks assignment of 8 on a hand to work basic motion, the Rhythmic sheet to learn basic counting, and paradiddles; I also give them a list of Youtube videos to watch for inspiration, and tell them that we will discuss the videos in the next lesson
interested to see what people do!!