Originally posted by Andrew McCann on November 20, 2014 at www.alexanderand.com/blog.
On Wednesdays, Kyra teaches the cello to an adorable five year-old, “E.” In her lesson yesterday, E was sitting slumped on her little green stool, hanging backward off her cello. Instead of telling her to “sit up straight,” Kyra asked E to touch her cello bridge with her left hand.
When E reached for her bridge, her back lengthened and she sat up. Funnily enough, she didn’t really notice the change. She just sat poised and alert for the rest of her lesson.
It was a small moment, but a great example of helping a child find poise at their instrument without nagging about posture.