It's that time of year when piano teachers everywhere are either breathing a sigh of relief... or hyperventilating into a paper bag. Yes... it's spring recital time! And whether you're finished (and … Continue Reading →
Head To The Sky To Search For Skips In This Piano Lesson Printable
Identifying steps, skips and repeating notes is a skill that every primer-level piano student will learn in the early stages of "on the staff" reading. When paired with individual note recognition, an … Continue Reading →
Beginning Note Reading Becomes “Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy” With This Off-Bench Piano Lesson Activity!
Beginning piano students are all so different; they have different likes and dislikes, different needs, different abilities, different weaknesses, and different strengths. As piano teachers, we're … Continue Reading →
Composer Trading Cards Are Back And Ready To Be Added To Your Piano Students’ Collections!
It can feel overwhelming to "check all the boxes" during a piano lesson. There is so much for our students to learn and so little time to allow the learning to happen. Music history was the one thing … Continue Reading →
Four Pond-Hopping Piano Exercises To Get Littles Off The Bench
When was the last time you had a wiggly piano student on your bench? I'm guessing it was... yesterday afternoon! Kids are born to move and, in fact, moving actually helps them to process information … Continue Reading →
Boost Bass Clef Note Reading With This Primer-Level Sight-Reading Activity
If you have a young piano student who struggles with bass clef note reading, then this post will send you running to your printer! We've all had students who find bass clef note reading difficult, … Continue Reading →
A 5-Step Plan to Follow When Life Makes Piano Practice Difficult Or Impossible
As most of you know, I'm the "happy conductor" of the piano practice train. I spend a good deal of my life (okay... way too much) composing music that makes students want to practice, creating games … Continue Reading →
The Circle of 5ths Wheel Of Fun; An Interactive, Hands-On Activity
Any time I introduce a piano student to scales, you can bet my Circle of 5ths teaching tool is close by. A solid understanding of key signatures and relative major/minor keys is not complete until a … Continue Reading →
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