We hit up our favourite pizza place today. We’d just finished record shopping (a new record player for Christmas has turned us into the sort who flip through vinyls in teensy tiny record stores filled with Bob Marley music…) and the kids were hungry.
The kids were so hungry, in fact, that I was slightly annoyed when the lady in front of me insisted on customizing every single aspect of her pizza to a ridiculous degree “Sicilian pizza with no olives please. Goat cheese instead of the mozza. No basil. Gluten free crust… and can I have extra artichoke hearts, double the meat (but only on half) and on the half with no chicken, double the peppers.”
I peeked at the cashier’s face expecting to see a barely-concealed eye roll but she was all smiles. And I snapped out of it myself. Why shouldn’t this lady have exactly what she wanted? If it’s possible… then why not?
Gluten Free Blog Posts With No Olives and Double The Value
And so, like the smiling pizza cashier, we want to give you the piano teaching advice you’re looking for! What do YOU want to hear from us in 2015? What are your pressing questions that you’d love to see answered in upcoming posts?
Maybe it’s because our new Bruce Springsteen LP is blasting in the background right now… but we want you to be THE BOSS. So talk to us. Fill out the form below to submit your question and we’ll serve it up to you in an upcoming post all fresh and deliciously useful. Without gluten of course. Because nobody seems to like gluten these days.
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Judy says
January 2, 2015 at 11:00 amOops – wrong place at first. Was Just thanking you again for breathing new life into an old piano teacher who is pretty tired of the kinda-boring method books! Love all the variety of games to use — and another teacher and I agree we would love to see them bump up into more intermediate levels, with intervals and rhythms, for example. Thanks!
Fiona Mendes says
January 4, 2015 at 12:00 pmJudy, I just typed up something similar and then read your response
Fiona Mendes says
January 4, 2015 at 12:02 pmOops pressed send before I finished. I am glad to know,other teachers would also like resources for older levels !
Fiona Barnett says
January 8, 2015 at 4:53 amme too!
Rheanna says
January 3, 2015 at 1:15 pmLove the creative ideas posted! I would love to see some different angels to sight reading. As well as some activities for really young beginners (who don’t yet know the alphabet) who struggle with paying attention when it comes to where notes are on the piano and learning their names.
Robyn says
January 3, 2015 at 6:22 pmAndrea, I sent a question in the above form several hours ago, but it still isn’t showing up. Was it supposed to show up down here in the reply section?
Andrea says
January 4, 2015 at 1:25 pmHi Robyn – no it’s okay they come to us via email 🙂
Fabiola says
January 3, 2015 at 7:42 pmin how many sections I can split a piano class time to be effective.
Wendiann says
January 5, 2015 at 9:27 amLove all the resources you are giving! I know I am late in the game, but I would like to second everything that has been said from sightreading to studio class time management. In addition to intermediate activities, also pre-reading activities. Pros and cons of specializing in preschool music, elementary to intermediate or advanced students only. I would also like to see more ideas about how to coach a busy student who is still committed to piano. Thank you for sharing such amazing ideas and activities!
Ruth says
January 10, 2015 at 4:08 pmLove the sight reading and interval reading ideas
Composition ideas for those who are not reading and writing yet
I teach my students to play freely with hands together before I teach reading.
Tracking and motivation for tech activities
I set up a piano lab with digital pianos, iPads and computers. I do not charge extra for it. Now I realize I should have! I think people would value it more.
I am not good at tracking and motivating kids to get in there.
Mostly I only ask for use of the music learning community games and piano Maestro.
These are Somes of the things I am thinking about.
Stacy says
January 19, 2015 at 6:29 amCurious to hear your thoughts on how to successfully teach your own children piano lessons. We are not in a position to pay the $300+ each month for my 3 children and husband to take lessons. They are all very interested in playing and I have been working with them at home, but I realize this is not the best scenario. I have purchased many of your resources and they are responding well to them. With another little one still at home and my husbands crazy work hours I am not in a position yet to teach other students to bring in the extra income. My oldest son has real potential on the piano and I don’t want to hinder his progress. I am guessing I am not the only one in this position. Any suggestions?