My two ice cream parties last week were so much fun.  Each student brought one friend to their lesson.  We started out with eating ice cream (duh…how could you start with ANYTHING else at an ice cream party?).  Then we played games, followed by a mini-recital for the friend.

One student brought a friend who has taken piano lessons for 5 years so we were able to play games without teaching piano concepts.  We first played Note Twister (see previous post).  I do have to pat myself on the back because my student knew her notes WAY better than the friend who has taken for 5 years!  Yay, go me!  (and my student, of course)

The other student brought a friend who has been thinking about starting piano lessons for a long time.  We played a game at the piano which requires knowing the names of the notes, so my student and I quickly taught the notes to his friend.  He learned them so fast.  I was blown away.  He then went home and showed his mom, who decided to sign him and his sister up for lessons!  Yay!

The best part of the ice cream party with a friend was seeing my students teach their friends things they know.  I never know for sure how well my students are understanding something.  But when they are faced with teaching it to somebody else, their true knowledge comes out!