Hi Aine,

I give them a piece of manuscript paper... every time we get a new note we write it on the stave and write its name below it....... I don't mind if they go through a piece of music and write the name below each note.... but if you introduce only one or two notes at a time.. they pick them up quickly.... plus because I chose tunes that they know.. they often play by ear without realising it...

If you have older students they get "worried" about not being able to read music.. if you use simple tunes they soon get to recognise some of the notes from seeing them so often......

slainte

alison

alison