There are 3 Manuals
The Teacher’s Manual
During the mid-nineties I had the opportunity to teach piano at a Waldorf school. Learners from various cultures and walks of life, with different music backgrounds, had to be accommodated and I had to think outside of the box. Some Waldorf ideas and teaching methods found its way into the material and my own lifelong obsession with developing children’s imagination and creativity, also determined the content of this course
This is a MUST HAVE that gives you:
1. Background Information:
The following aspects of the course content and how to teach it according to the Kingdom of Music approach, are discussed in detail:
2. The Lesson Plans:
Two age-appropriate Lesson Plans are given at the end of the Teacher’s Manual. The teacher is guided through the story and all the relevant work (contained in the Learners’ Manuals) by following the lessons in the lesson plan.
The Teacher’s Manual is there to support you when setting out on your Kingdom of Music journey.
When you have worked through the courses with a few learners according to the appropriate Lesson Plan and feel at home in the Kingdom of Music approach, you can use and apply the principles in whichever way suits you.
These courses focus on the piano, but the work with especially aural awareness and music literacy can also be used in teaching other instruments, singing and group music.
The Teacher’s Manual is a resource manual with many ideas and exercises that can be used together with other piano courses, for older learners and in many other music teaching situations.
The 2 Learners’ Manuals
These 2 Manuals are work books and contain all the material a learner will need for their first 2 years of piano tuition.
The Manuals contain pictures, spaces for learners to draw and create their own Kingdom of Music, theory work sheets, technique and sightreading exercises, creative work and repertoire pieces.
The Kingdom of Music approach differs from most beginners’ piano courses in that all the working material is given and discussed in separate chapters under the same headings as the lessons in the Teacher’s Manual.
There is therefore a chapter in the Learner’s Manual on each of the following:
The teacher brings all the information in the various chapters together according to the relevant lesson in the lesson plan in the Teacher’s Manual.
The two beginner’s courses do not follow one upon the other; each one is complete on its own and is specifically geared towards teaching learners in an age-appropriate way; you cannot approach a 7-year-old child in the same way as a 10-year-old child. Both courses start from the beginning, but the course aimed at 9- to 10-year-old beginners includes more advanced material in each section and progresses faster through the work.
Both these beginner’s courses build a comprehensive, solid music foundation and you as teacher can choose how to proceed after completion.
The Kingdom of Music approach aims to develop imagination and creativity not only in learners, but also in you as the teacher. May this approach open new vistas to you; may it inspire you and bring joy and enthusiasm to you and your learners while you guide them on their first steps into making and understanding music.