A lot of my students’ parents asks me, what is the difference between just buy Mr Bottle’s magic set to do the self-learning vs getting a private magic coach? Some also ask, there are so many youtube videos nowadays, isn’t it enough to just learn it themselves?
Let me give you an analogy, there are also many piano videos out there, and I tried personally tried to learn how to play a piano myself using those videos. It doesn’t work! Even if I can press the key downs as required, I can feel those sounds came out lifeless!
I will also share some tips on teaching your child magic!
Advantages of having a magic coach
A magic coach, also known as a magic teacher or mentor, can offer several advantages over just buying a magic kit:
Personalized instruction:
A magic coach can provide personalized instruction tailored to your specific skill level and goals. They can help you identify areas of improvement, provide feedback on your technique, and offer guidance on how to improve.
2. Magic is a professional performance:
Magic is a tricky performance art. If it is performed well, the technique is hidden! So, it is difficult for a layman to just come in and give feedback on the technical parts. In other words, a magic mentor can see things that parents may not be able see.
3. Faster progress:
With a magic coach, you can learn more quickly and efficiently. They can help you avoid common mistakes and provide guidance on the best practices for learning magic.
4. Accountability and motivation:
A magic coach can help keep you accountable and motivated to practice and improve. They can provide encouragement, feedback, and guidance to help you stay on track and achieve your goals. In our 10+2 lesson system, we set up a end goal for them to achieve.
5. Feedback and advice:
A magic coach can offer feedback on your performance and advice on how to improve. They can help you refine your technique, offer suggestions on tricks to learn, and provide guidance on how to create your own magic routines. We also do this using our methods to ensure that your child improve their confidence and encouraged to continue learning.
However, do not just get a magician to teach your child. A good magician is not necessary a good magic teacher.
So how best should you use Mr Bottle’s Magic set?
Use these principles to use your child magic:
- Encourage First – Teaching magic works because the magic instructor is listening to his student. The magic coach believes that their students can do better and is there to encourage and guide each and every step to achieve what the children wants to achieve.
- Make it fun! – After all, this is for children! Includes games, jokes, etc. to suit the age of the child.
- Do not attempt to learn everything at once – Pace yourself! You are learning how to perform, you are NOT just learning secrets!
- Learn it yourself first – A great magic instructor can pinpoint on the child’s strengths and weaknesses to see how best to amplify or reduce it. Only if you learn it, then you can also understand the difficult your child faces.
- Listening to your children without judgment and bias – We had quite a few case studies from local school in which our students’ academic teachers exclaimed that, “I never knew he could do that.”
- Do not label child – Separate the actions from the person. A lot of parents come to me because he is “shy”. Even if you do not say this in front of them, this may become a self-fulfilling prophecy due to the subtle actions, words, etc.
- Relate your experience – There is a tendency for us to tell the students to do this in a certain way. But instead, use your experience, and relate it to them why you chose to do this in that manner. Magic is an art with no right or wrong (mostly) hence let them to take the final decision on how best to do it.
We have done so much research and work on our core values to get to why we want to do this and how we do this.
While buying a magic set can be a great way to get started with magic, a magic coach can offer many benefits that can help you improve your skills more quickly and effectively.
Mr Bottle is available for private one-to-one magic coaching for kids and corporate for very limited slots. We also offer group magic workshops and camps every holidays so look out for it.