Grade 1

I studied the Grade 1 theory syllabus today.
This first month of teaching has gone on well enough and it was encouraging to hear from my student that after her one week holiday (last week) she had spent 1.5 hours practising yesterday after school. :-)
Nonetheless, I haven't really been formally teaching her theory. I've always incorporated it as part of the lesson. As we embark on scales, or a new piece, I make it a point to teach the various theory aspects such as time signatures, key signatures, how tied notes work, treble & bass clef note reading etc.
But today's study helped to see where to draw the line, so I don't overload the poor student with too much, or too difficult, theory concepts she would not need to know for Grade 1, or may find too difficult to grasp. Today's studying also revealed to me some gaps that I would need to fill in lessons to come. All in all a productive study session today.