In 2021 we gave away a ton of piano solos, games, and activities. Between the Teach Piano Today blog and the WunderKeys website, we averaged 2.5 freebies a week.
Sharing resources with piano teachers is what we do!
With so much shared, it is very easy for piano teachers to miss a printable or forget about a piano solo.
Today we’re going to revisit 2021’s Best of the Best from Teach Piano Today.
Even if you are our most loyal follower, it is likely you have missed something from our Top 10 Printables Of The Year.
Teach Piano Today’s Top 10 Printables Of The Year
1. 20-Week Assessment Tool
Teachers come to our blog looking for our music giveaways, but our assessment tools should not be overlooked. Without printables that can be used to evaluate and then guide your instruction, it will be difficult to fill your piano student.
In the post found here we share a 20-Week Piano Student Assessment Tool that you can use every week to track the ongoing progress of your piano students.
Track Student Progress For 20 Weeks With This Assessment Tool
2. Dinosaur Note Printing
Every teacher has that little student who just won’t sit still. He is the student who watches the fly buzz around your studio, hangs off of the back of your bench, and performs handstands against your door.
These students are hands-on learners that need special activities, like our note printing piano solos, to keep them focused.
So, the next time one of these students walks through your studio door, immediately break out this Dinosaur Note Printing Piano Solo.
3. Composing With Mermaids
If you’re looking for a studio resolution for 2022, consider composing as an option. Teachers who have tried our hands-on composing piano solos with students have had nothing but success.
In this post, we share a Compose A Mermaid Melody piano activity that will get your kids excited about making magical music.
4. The Morning Session: A Teen Piano Solo
In 2021 we released Andrea and Trevor Dow’s Very Useful Piano Library. With the release of this library designed for primer and level 1 piano students, our blog was obviously filled with correlating resources.
But this doesn’t mean we forgot about your teen players!
In this post, we share a pop-infused piano piece that will be devoured by your students.
But the real fun will come when your tweens and teens realize that the classical piece from which it is inspired is something they recognize from cartoons and movies.
5. Flippers and Fingers: A Primer Piano Board Game
Early this year we developed a game format that worked really well for reinforcing a wide range of theory concepts. We ended up using this game board to reinforce everything from finger numbers to note reading.
In this post we share a fun, finger number board game that can be played in lessons with you, or at home with those not-so-musical parents.
6. A Teen Piano Solo For Stressed Out Students
Now that Andrea and I have a teenager, we truly understand just how stressed out they can get. After a full day at school, followed by extracurricular activities, our daughter usually finishes the day with two hours of homework.
Because of this, teenagers just need to unwind!
In this post, we share a powerful classical pop piano solo that your intermediate teens can learn in a matter of minutes.
This inspiring solo, based on music by Anton Diabelli, is a wonderful resource to use when your teens look like they need a mental break from intense musical studies.
7. Teen Piano Solo Progress Reports
If you see between 20 and 40 kids a week, remembering how well they played last week is hard enough, let alone remembering how well they played a month ago.
But with our Piano Solo Progress Reports found here, you will have an accurate picture of where your students are at, and where they have been.
8. A Teen Piano Solo That Almost Never Ends
If you are a regular reader of the Teach Piano Today blog, then you know that Andrea and I like to try new things with our resources and pedagogical approaches.
In this post, we share a two-page, teen piano piece that uses a color-coded repeat section to provide “endless” musical enjoyment to help your students learn the skill of playing background music.
9. A Christmas Piece For Any Time Of The Year
Even though Christmas is still days away, I know your piano students will be missing Santa by the time they return to your studio.
Fortunately, we compose Christmas music that can be used all year round.
If you students want to know where Santa spends his after-Christmas holidays, amuse them with a piano solo that is Definitely Not Up On The Housetop.
10. Ask Me Piano Lesson Pages
What did you do at school today? Not much…
That’s the standard response parents get from their kids. A teacher could literally bring a dinosaur back to life, and the response would be the same… not much!
To help parents get a clearer picture of what goes on in a piano lesson, in this post we share Ask Me Pages that make parent communication quick, effective, and student-centered.
We Wish You A Happy Holidays
Trevor and I want to wish all of you a restful, cozy holiday season. If there was ever a group of people who deserved “downtime”… it’s all of you! We are inspired daily by your commitment to bringing new ideas, original teaching tools, and fresh resources to your students so that their piano lessons can be rich and varied. Over the past two years, the piano education world showed just how adaptable it is and how determined teachers are to ensure that music is available to children no matter what the obstacles. We’re so honored to be a part of this demonstration of commitment.
On a personal note, we’d like to also thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being a part of this online community. Not a day goes by when someone doesn’t take the time to write to us with such sweet words. We’re buoyed by your enthusiasm and encouraged by your kindness. We have nothing but excitement for the New Year and what it will bring to TeachPianoToday and WunderKeys.
Happy Holidays to all of you,
Andrea and Trevor
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