What determines the health of a piano studio? Is it based on how the students perform at federation, competitions, or recitals? Is it based on the length of your waiting list? Or the number of students who continue music in higher education? Maybe you feel that the health of your studio is based on how …
Category: Resource Roundup
Music History Giveaway Winners!
Congratulations to Sandra, our Shades of Sound: Women winner, and Daylyn, our Shades of Sound: Seasons winner! Keep an eye on your email for the information needed to claim your prize 🙂 Thank you to all who participated! And thank you to Jenny from The Playful Piano for providing our giveaway history resources! Did you …
Resource Roundup: Music History
It's been awhile since we've done a resource roundup on the blog, and coming off of Black History Month and Women's History Month I've been doing a lot of extra thinking about incorporating history into my lesson plans 🙂 Today's post is not only full of fun and engaging ways to teach music history, but …
Encouraging a Musical Home Environment
How often do you have a parent accompany a new student and announce that they’ve never played an instrument? If your studio is anything like mine, this happens all the time. How often do you request a parent get involved in their child’s practice – only to be met with shrugs and looks of helplessness. …
Day 12
We have made it to Day 12! I sincerely thank those of you who have embarked on this journey with me …. I hope the 12 Days of Note Reading Christmas has inspired you to teach in a more holistic manner in the coming year! In the past 12 days, we have talked through the …
Day 8: Timed Tests
Have you ever sat down and thought through exactly what it takes to read music? There is so much more than simply naming a string of notes. A piano studio must be able to -recognize if the note is in treble or bass clef, and understand which hand plays which clef -identify whether they are …
Day 7: Music Literacy
***GIVEAWAY DAY*** I am so incredibly excited about today's post! My sister-in-law started a new job teaching second grade at a classical style (private) school this year. A couple of months in I asked her how things were going. She had glowing reviews of the curriculum, her staff, and her students. But the one thing …
Day 6: Composition
If you’ve been following along, you have made it half-way through our multisensory note reading series 🙂 And today we’re talking about composition. Arguably, composition and note printing go hand in hand. But I have separated them because it is one thing to copy and print notes, and it’s another to compose pieces! Around the …
Day 5: Note Reading Apps
“On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…” TECHNOLOGY 🙂 Usually the fifth day of Christmas is extra special and brings something very exciting. But I have to admit I chose technology as the fifth day more because my students love it, not so much because I do 😉 Don’t get …
Day 4: Note Sorting
Day 4 is here, and today’s activity will help your students with not only their note reading, but also their fine motor skills! Piano playing in general helps with fine motor movement, but some students need extra practice. Note sorting can be done in a variety of ways, but is always a good activity to …
