Corn cushions also work well. I use them with my transitional room students
and kids with fine motor skills difficulties.

Karen Stafford
-----Original Message-----
From: list@recorderclassroom.com [mailto:list@recorderclassroom.com] On
Behalf Of Elissa Reichstein-Saperstein
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:07 PM
To: Recorder_Classroom
Subject: Re: [RECL]Beginner woes

Doesn't practice or CAN"T practice....or practices but is afraid to admit it
(or embarrassed) anyway.....you can try to add Wiki stix to the holes
(thumb and B) and you can also make a mute for her recorder to soften the
sound a bit.

Or...I guess you could speak to her folks about asking her to "quit" for
awhile until she gets better...or, You can ask her to volunteer to be the
"manager" or the "Techie" or the group officer, etc. she can turn the music
on and off, she can do attendance stuff or work on creating a program (using
a computer) during rehearsal, she can also work on posters or "cover art"
for the group, etc.

Hope some of these ideas help you out, I don't think you feel comfy asking
her to quit, or you probably wouldn't have asked us....so maybe some of
these ideas will help ALL of you.

elissa57


--- On Thu, 9/18/08, Sue Roessel Dura wrote:

> From: Sue Roessel Dura
> Subject: [RECL]Beginner woes
> To: "Recorder_Classroom"
> Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 1:59 PM
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm starting a bunch of 4th grade beginners and after 4
> lessons all of them can
> play Hot Cross Buns, most of them can play Merrily. But
> one student can't play
> a B by herself yet. I've had students before who have
> trouble covering the
> holes, but this one seems totally unable. I've placed
> my fingers over hers so
> she can feel how the holes should be under her fingers and
> she can then play a
> B, but as soon as I let go, she looses it.
>
> Since we are all volunteers at this endeavor, should I
> encourage her to quit?
> The noises she makes make it hard for the others to hear if
> they are together
> and in tune. I told the parents and kids that 10 minutes
> practice a day is a
> requirement and she admitted she doesn't practice.
>
> Best, Sue
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