Today Oliver and I began a keyboarding program which has lessons that build progressively onto each other. These beginning lessons focus on using the home row and the f/j as the anchor keys. Oliver did very well. We also began exploring the subject of research. We brainstormed lists of why people research and then a list of possible research topics. We will continue to revisit these lists as we continue to learn and apply the research skills.

Today I met Oliver for the first time. We began with introductions and a quick assessment of Oliver's knowledge of math. We began discussing the differences between 1D, 2D, and 3D objects in math and geometry we talked and counted vertices(I. E. Corners), edges, and faces. We also talked about the two dimensional shapes made by each face. We then made cut outs for 3d objects including a cube and a square pyramid.

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Today was my first day working with Oliver and so we discovered his range and tone quality as it moves from lower to higher registers. We talked about singing posture, breathing, vowels, consonants, and what it means to sing with good diction. We sang through warm-ups specifically, "mah, meh, mee, moh, moo", hissing - to elongate and steady the exhalation, a slow "ya, ya, ya, ya" descending arpeggio to encourage breath support and tall vowels, short "hip hip ho ho ho" with hands on hips to encourage breath support and pitch precision (thinking the pitch before singing it!) We began two solos today: "Brahms' Lullaby" to work for legato (smooth and connected) singing and "I'm Gonna Mail Myself To You" which has a fast melody with lots of text, which will help us work on diction and consonants.

Today was my first day working Oliver! We had a great time meeting one another and finding out the perfect launching point. I discovered that he has a great understanding of the note names on the keyboard as well as note values. He also has excellent hand placement and posture. It's evident he comes from a great piano teacher! We began with a few simple warm-up songs from the piano book. He had no trouble with these at all and so we then started Beethoven's "Ode To Joy". Our first steps with this piece involved finger numbers and letter names and putting the melody together as a cohesive whole.