By the time March shows up, piano lessons hit what I always think of as the “danger zone”. Winter routines start loosening, sports pick up, the sun comes back, and suddenly dedication to piano lessons doesn’t feel quite as automatic as it did in the fall.
That’s exactly why this is prime time for piano games — and why we’re excited to release…
The Very Useful Piano Board Games For Late Primer Students (available here).
This fourth instalment in our series (joining Early Primer, Mid Primer, and Level 1) is designed to keep late primer students motivated right when spring distractions start creeping in.
Every game is done-for-you and print-and-play, so there’s barely any prep standing between you and a studio full of smiles.
If you’re looking for a simple way to keep late primer students engaged during the final stretch of the year, this new game pack was built for exactly that moment.
Let’s look inside…

Keep Motivation High From March To May
Each late primer game includes step-by-step instructions, printable playing cards, and colorful game boards — everything you need to reinforce essential skills with ease. Whether you’re targeting note reading, rests, or hands-together stepping and skipping (and more), there’s a game here that turns skill-building into something students actually enjoy.
Because the games are leveled, you’ll always know exactly where to start. Because they’re skill-focused, you can grab one mid-lesson and use it instantly. And because they’re aligned with what you’re already teaching… they’ll get used again and again (instead of gathering dust in a drawer).
Need games for your early primer, mid-primer, and level 1A piano students, too?
Let’s Look Inside!

1. Bubble Blitz: Reinforce recognition of bass staff notes in C position
In this piano game, Tiger Shark swims through a sea of rising bubbles by naming bass staff notes in C position while racing to reach the surface first!

2. Fresh Feast: Reinforce visual recognition of hands-together
stepping and skipping
In this piano game, a hungry unicorn munches its way forward by spotting hands-together steps and skips while racing to fill its belly!

3. Tower Terror: Reinforce recognition of quarter-rest measures in 3/4 & 4/4 time
In this piano game, kids try to reach a dragon stuck at the top of a tower by comparing quarter-rest measures in 3/4 and 4/4 time!

4. Wobbly Fox: Reinforce use of finger number clues to identify hand positions
In this piano game, kids help a slipping superhero stay on his skates by using finger number clues to identify measures in C position or Middle C position!

5. Rooster Ruckus: Reinforce aural recognition of hands-together
stepping and skipping
In this piano game, an annoying rooster causes a ruckus while kids listen for hands-together steps and skips.

6. Torch Trek: Reinforce aural recognition of quarter rests
In this piano game, kids help a squirrel carry an Olympic torch around the world by listening for quarter rests!

7. Razor Reef: Reinforce aural recognition of dynamics
In this piano game, a shark glides from fish to fish by listening for dynamics while racing to reach the end!

8. Fire Rider: Reinforce recognition of notes in C position
In this piano game, a skateboarding dragon wobbles his way to the top by naming notes in C position.
Buy Your Late Primer Piano Game Pack Today
Each of these late primer piano games was created to be more than just a moment of fun—they’re built to fit seamlessly into your lessons, support your curriculum, and keep your students fully engaged.
Whether you need a quick review, a mid-lesson movement break, or a reward that still reinforces musical skills, Andrea and Trevor Dow’s Very Useful Piano Board Games have you covered.
Click here to get your copy now: Get Late Primer Piano Game Pack
Need games for your early primer, mid-primer, and level 1A piano students, too?





