Transdisciplinarity from the Comfort of your Home

Ty's Lesson #12 on Jan. 27, 2026

Lesson #11: January 13, 2025

  • Jack Hartmann: drawing of straight lines/curved lines

  • Right Hand/left hand alternation: cadences in fingers (right hand - left hand alternation)

  • Left foot, right foot identification

  • "Follow the Leader" to a new musical piece

  • Sitting down: Music Listening & Viewing Time

  • Dancing to selected music

    Any movements, for example:

    swaying

    only one hand holding

    both hands held

    swaying: circling dance

J. Strauss I: Radetzky March, Op. 228

Mozart - Divertimento in F major, K. 138 "Salzburg Symphony No. 3": 0:56:28 I. Allegro

"Follow the Leader"

Where is your piano, Ty?

P I A N O

a close up of a piano keyboard with black and white keys
a close up of a piano keyboard with black and white keys

Right Hand Pattern:

1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

1 5 1

do sol do

re la re

mi ti mi

fa do fa

sol re sol

"Jingle Bells" for Ty, assisted by his parents

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 1 2 3

4 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 3 2 1

  • Left hand fingers 1 & 5 together: do, sol

  • 1 & 2 : fa, sol

Walking/marching around the House

Marching in place

Chopin, Minute Waltz circle dance

Chopin, Polonaise

walk

a close up of a christmas tree with red ornaments

Sound of a Bell

Lesson Plan for Ty's Lesson #10: Dec. 23, 2025

  • Cadences in fingers (right hand - left hand alternation)

    Add: mother/father sings (solmization)

    do sol do, re la re, mi ti mi, fa do fa, sol re sol (each repeatedly)

  • Rocking Time with swaying to triple time signature (1, 2, 3): rocking down sitting down and then standing up to "Away in a Manger"

  • Marching music around the house (Mozart), marching in place to "Joy to the World"

  • Listening to the sound of a bell, review on the piano "Jingle Bells," and introduce left hand for "Jingle Bells" (left hand fingers 1 & 5 together)

  • Learning of new Christmas carols

a yellow star hanging from a string on a window
a yellow star hanging from a string on a window
yellow string lights on Christmas tree
yellow string lights on Christmas tree

Rocking Time & Learning of new Christmas carols

Willow Tree woman carrying baby figurine
Willow Tree woman carrying baby figurine
Willow Tree woman carrying baby figurine
Willow Tree woman carrying baby figurine

  • Cadences in fingers (right hand - left hand alternation)

    Add: mother/father sings (solmization) do sol do, re la re, mi ti mi, fa do fa, sol re sol. (each repeatedly)

  • English sentence-making at nursery-level

  • Review of piano fingerings (right hand) of Mary Had A Little Lamb (3 2 1 2 3 3 3 - 2 2 2 - 3 5 5 , 3 2 1 2 3 3 3 - 2 2 3 2 1 ).

  • Circling music with Mother and Father *with singing

  • Marching music around the house

  • Rocking movement (singing Rock a bye baby )

21 October 2025

14 October 2025

  • Cadences in fingers (right hand - left hand alternation)

  • English sentence-making at nursery-level

  • Review of piano fingerings (right hand) of Mary Had A Little Lamb (3 2 1 2 3 3 3 - 2 2 2 - 3 5 5 , 3 2 1 2 3 3 3 - 2 2 3 2 1 ).

  • Circling music with Mother and Father

  • Marching music around the house

Marching in the house (Track #1)

Circling (Track #1)

Disentangling PROCESSES

Finger exercise (on a table): in correct hand position

Number game:

Order: Papa, Mama, student (child) : repeat many times with parent guiding the fingers

Goal: student can do it by himself or with minimum or less external guidance

A. General 1-3-3-4-5 from left to right

B. Clusters

Pattern 1: Mary had a little lamb

(1a) 3-2-1-2-3-3-3

1. Equal-space (equal durations) : repeat several times

2. With rhythm: rhythm: repeat several times

(1b) 2-2-2

(same procedure as above)

(1c) 3-5-5

(same procedure as above)

C. Clusters in sequence

3-2-1-2-3-3-3 2-2-2 3-5-5

PIANO transfer:

Thumb on C

Thumb on F

Thumb on G

  • Introduction to Beethoven

toddler playing wooden xylophone toy
toddler playing wooden xylophone toy

Where is your xylophone, Ty?

letter F signage
letter F signage
brown wooden L freestanding letter
brown wooden L freestanding letter
black letter T text
black letter T text

Learning Activity: Writing of your Name

F L U T E

F

L

U oo

T

E ee

Drawing straight lines & curved lines