Group Lesson Policy
Parents Guidebook
The Piano Fun Method’s teaching philosophy is that real learning happens only when we enjoy it. Leaning together at home is the most important policy. The parent's involvement will be a gentle spark to ignite your child’s desire to learn with their mom or dad.
Parents’ attendance at the beginning is required as a part of the lesson for both Pre-Piano Circle and Piano Fun Fan Buddy Club until all parents know what is expected at home practice. By observing your child, my teaching, experiencing lessons with your child, you will understand the true value of happy, fun and productive home practice and how to do it.
We lay the foundation of lifelong relationships with music and art!
Schedule
The academic year for group lessons will run from September 2, 2024, to June 28, 2025, and is broken into three semesters. The summer semester will be TBA
Fall semester: September-November
September 7,14, 21, 28
October 5, 19, 26
November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
12 classes x 45 minutes
Winter semester: December-March
December 7, 14
January 11, 18, 25,
February 1, 8, 22,
March 1, 8, 22, 29
12 classes x 45 minutes
Spring Semester: April-June
April 5, 12, 26
May 3, 10, 24, 31
June 7, 14, 21, 28
11 classes x 50 minutes
Summer semester: TBA
There will be no lessons on statutory holidays and during the school break
Labour Day : September 2, 2024
Thanksgiving Day : October 14, 2024
Winter break : December 23, 2024- January 3, 2025
Family Day: February 17, 2025
March break : March 10-14 2025
Good Friday : April 18
Easter Monday: April 21
Victoria Day : May 19, 2025
Both Pre-Piano Fun Circle and Piano Fun Buddy Club are 45-minute lesson per week. There will be no make-up, rescheduling, or refund for any missed lessons. Please understand this is a group format of piano lessons, and once you miss your scheduled lessons, there is no possibility to cover them up later. If your child can't attend but it is possible to observe it remotely, please notify the studio at least 2 hours prior. We will send you a zoom link. Or we will send you a short recap video of the class later.
Parent Support Club-Piano Fun Ninja Stealth Round Table
Piano Fun Ninja Stealth Round Table is our Piano Fun families' support meet-up. It is planned to be organize once per semester, so all parents can gather and exchange their opinions, questions, concerns, and suggestions regarding home practice, lessons, and anything else. We get to know each other and help each other to make our children's learning fun and productive.
Tuition
Tuition includes reserving your spots, all materials, lesson preparations, studio equipment, studio management, and studio maintenance.
The registration fee is $20.
Tuition can be paid per semester with a flat rate fee or full year.
If you choose to pay full year, the registration fee will be waived.
If you choose to pay per semester, the payment will be due one month in advance from the beginning of the upcoming semester.
NSF payments and tuition not received by the due date are subject to the late payment fee of $45, and the lesson won't be resumed until the past due is fulfilled.
If late payments are received more than twice, the year must be paid upfront in full.
There will be no make-up and no refund for any missed lessons.
Health and Safety
Illness
For the health of all, please do not bring a sick student to their lesson.
A solid 24 hrs with no fever, no gastrointestinal upset, flu-like symptoms, etc.
If your immediate family members are sick and possibly contagious, please refrain from attending the lessons.
Bathroom
Please ensure that your child has used the restroom before coming to the lesson.
Please assist your child in using the bathroom and keep it clean since I don't have enough time to clean it between the lessons.
If your child has a medical condition and needs frequent access to a bathroom, please opt for staying at home. If you consider online lessons can work for your child, we can choose to do so.
Studio Use
Please be respectful of our home during lessons and ensure that our home studio environment is kept clean, quiet, and free of distractions.
Parent/student will be billed for any cost of repairs that are necessary due to abuse, negligence, intentional actions, reckless behaivour, or attentiveness on the part of the student, the student's family members, or the student's guest. This applies to all studio property and equipment, as well as the instructor's home and personal property.
Teacher Responsibilities
Providing a trusted safe learning environment for all my students is an important priority. To ensure the comfort of my students, please understand that piano teaching requires a limited amount of hands-on instruction.
I need to touch my students in the following circumstances, as there is no better way to instruct them in their physical approach to the piano:
Correcting hand position; I move shoulders, arms, elbows, wrists and hands to adjust and improve technique.
For sound production; I manipulate back, shoulders, arms and elbows;
Pedalling technique; I move feet with my hands;
Sitting posture, adjustments to shoulder and backbone, neck, head, legs and feet.