Comments on: Innovative Piano: A Tale of Two Music Books

By: Time to Get in Tune

Time to Get in Tune — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:52:45 +0000

[...] ears. Looking in a rack, I found a beginner’s piano book that had some of the same songs that Charlie’s piano teacher had adapted for him to play and it occurred to me, why not have Charlie learn to play these [...]

By: High and Low

High and Low — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:01:39 +0000

[...] to say, I was thrilled when I found Charlie’s piano teacher in July of 2006. Under his instruction, Charlie has learned to play with both hands [...]

By: Once Upon a Snowy Afternoon

Once Upon a Snowy Afternoon — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:30:21 +0000

[...] After he had his snack (I am definitely raising a growing boy), we practiced piano. When Charlie started taking lessons in the summer of 2006, we barely seemed to be able to practice for ten minutes—now it takes a solid half-hour to go [...]

By: A Little More Progress At the Piano

A Little More Progress At the Piano — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:23:00 +0000

[...] (”Ode to Joy”). After of year of the C major scale, he is working on D major; his teacher has made him a special board with the grand staff and velcro notes for more practice reading [...]

By: Autism Vox

Autism Vox — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:07:14 +0000

[...] and cassette tapes and CDs. It was definitely a great moment in my life when he began to take piano lessons in July 2006 and playing has become a surefire way of helping him to focus and also to do something [...]

By: As Perfect As Perfect Can Be

As Perfect As Perfect Can Be — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:00:32 +0000

[...] that continues to grow for us is in music and, specifically, piano playing. Charlie has been taking lessons for the past year with a wonderful teacher (who specializes in teaching piano to special needs [...]

By: One of the 4 R’s

One of the 4 R’s — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:32:59 +0000

[...] what Charlie can read, is music. ASD, Aspergers, autism, children, Education, family, health, language, music, [...]

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:18:25 +0000

Mary Jo, really gerat to hear! Piano has made a huge difference in Charlie’s life.

By: Mary Jo Conley

Mary Jo Conley — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:00:29 +0000

We too were lucky enough to find Jeff and Innovative Piano. Both chidren with different abilities look forward to his weekly lesson,and I am amazed at the beautiful music they are creating.

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:15:31 +0000

Ely’s been in a day-camp for three days this week, and has taken on a true love of an old upright piano in her camp room. She’s decided that her plinking on the piano is her way of entertaining her fellow campers. It’s very similar to the old upright piano of my mother’s in my office…except that the camp piano has actual working keys, as opposed to the sticking keys of our piano at home. We need to get a tuner in to tune the piano and put in a dehumidifying bar….

At day-camp today, Ely actually sat through 35 minutes of music therapy, participating in the clapping, patting and lyrics of what the music therapist required of them….yippee!!! We’ll be putting that in the next IEP….