Using MTH Creatively IX – I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!

Lesson notes EXCEL with MTH!

How do your students know what to do at home, after their lesson?

Music instructors often provide written instructions in addition to verbal instructions. There are many ways to do this including:

1. Writing notes on each assigned page
2. Writing notes in a practice book
3. Emailing notes
4. USING MTH TO EMAIL LESSON NOTES

At my studio I use number one and four. Writing notes on each assigned page makes sure the student will (hopefully) read the notes. Using MTH to email lesson notes, after the lesson, allows me to communicate to the parent. I do not duplicate the notes from the book unless I need to make the parent aware of  something very specific.

This is how I use my MTH lesson notes creatively!

1. First and VERY IMPORTANT  – Compliment student progress! This is an excellent way to help with student retention – what parent doesn’t want to regularly hear nice things about their child?
2.  Update student/parents on upcoming events.
3.  Since this is likely to be the most read email I send, use it to communicate practice and other tips.
4. Most recently I had had a light bulb go off! Why not create templates for the first few lessons for all new students? See information below.

LESSON NOTES FOR THE FIRST FEW LESSONS

Parents of new students often don’ t know how to assist their child and the notes written during a lesson may be brief. One may eliminate this early confusion by creating detailed instructions on what do to and a goal for each page.

You  may either copy and paste from a word document or from previous 1st lessons by labeling the notes FIRST LESSON, SECOND LESSON ETC, then “sending” them to a fake student (so they are stored in your MTH lesson history.  You may easily find these by typing the words FIRST LESSON in the search bar of lesson history.

Final (AND BEST) tip! I typed my notes in a word document before pasting into my lesson notes for the fake student. I was able to use bullets to make the document more organized. Everything saved properly in my lesson notes and what the parent received looks amazing.

Have fun and may the rest of your day be filled with beautiful music! Ms Jean

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