Teaching sightreading deficiencies to those whose ear is very attunded

[reinvent]

I have a student that has a great ear and can transpose easily.  Most of the pieces that he has learned were by ear.  As a new student to me, I realize that in sightreading he is two books behind in what he can do by ear.
Can anyone help me with ideas in challenging him to sightread while continuing to use his aural abilities.?
thanks

[ChristmasCarol]

I have a student that has a great ear and can transpose easily.  Most of the pieces that he has learned were by ear.  As a new student to me, I realize that in sightreading he is two books behind in what he can do by ear.
Can anyone help me with ideas in challenging him to sightread while continuing to use his aural abilities.?
thanks

That describes me at one point age 20.  I got a teacher from New England Conservatory who plunked Rhondo Cappriccioso by Mendelsohhn in front of me and said I would be learning it "one measure" at a time.   I still remember thinking it looked like somebody spilled the ink on the page it had so many more notes than I had ever ever read.   He transformed me in that moment from a talented barely intermediate student into a real pianist.  I never looked back.

[BoliverAllmon]

what i have seen does is this. one don't play the pieces for him. Make him sight-read. Assign a piece a week for him learn every week. it must be learned by his next lesson. This advances sight-reading pretty quickly.

boliver

[aisling_7]

I've heard many teachers stress over their students playing by ear.  Why?!  Obviously, one must learn to read sheet music, but why do one to the exclusion of the other.  Use their ear to help them learn.  Get a steady beat going, and use flash cards with increasingly difficult rhythms.  Do a measure of counting on the beat in between the flash cards to keep consistency.  Clap the rhythm with them.  When they associate what they hear with what's on the page, then they are getting somewhere.  As for note reading, I am still looking for the "ideal method" for that one.

Jackie