What all books did ypou DC referred for Grade 1 and Grade 2

[mom17]

I guess Grade 1 and Grade 2 are foundation grades and good foundation will take children far, so wanted to know what all books your DC completed/referred and What all things are important to have a solid foundation.

[mom17]

sorry for typos in topic subject. I wish there is an edit option.

[Middleagedmotheroftwo]

They just used the grade books with the pieces they played in. There aren't any other necessary books, unless you buy a scales book.

[RaspberryLemonPavlova]

DS's teacher used piano time series as a base for both of them, plus lots of pieces from different sources. Plus scale books as appropriate. Neither did G2, and only DS2 did G1. Both have G5 now.

[RaspberryLemonPavlova]

I would have thought a good foundation was more down to the teacher than the books, tbh.

[RaspberryLemonPavlova]

I would have thought a good foundation was more down to the teacher than the books, tbh.

[mom17]

True, teacher is crucial for any success/failure, so how many years
it took them from grade 1 completion to grade5 ?

[RaspberryLemonPavlova]

Sorry for double posting.

I can't actually remember when DS2 did Grade 1, I think it was approximately 2 years

Both took Grade 5 after 4.5 years from starting, DS2 started 6 months after DS1 and took Grade 5 6 months after him.

DS1 started at 11 and DS2 at 6.5.

But actually, its irrelevant to how good the teacher is.

[Middleagedmotheroftwo]

I would guess one grade every 12-18 months. But they don't have to do every grade, and it depends on how much practice is done more than the teacher.