Inspired Piano Teaching
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We don’t usually talk this way. But what constitutes your “healthiest self”? My husband has challenged me lately to think about hard-but-necessary things in a different light. Especially when it comes to exercise. I can get up in the morning…
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Using Our Music to Help Others
When I first started college I was studying music therapy. I still LOVE music therapy, even though life changed and pulled me away to focus on teaching. I don’t for a moment regret everything I learned in my therapy classes,…
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Why you should take your students on field trips
Field trips? Yes, you heard me right. It was a true experiment for this teacher. But it went so well that I am trying it again this year! All good experiments have parameters, so I started with my middle and…
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Have you heard the term “Secondary Gains”?
A secondary gain is a fancy concept I heard a lot in college. I was deep in the thick of music therapy classes, and we were busy learning how to track a client’s progress. In order to keep good records,…
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Do you teach to your strengths or weaknesses?
First of all, let me be clear. We all have strengths and weaknesses. Whether we know them or not, that is up to us. But this is not something to be afraid of. Rather, being aware of our strengths and…
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Hello and Welcome!
Hello and welcome to Piano Possibilities! This site is designed to encourage and enable piano teachers to teach all types of students to the best of their abilities! I have learned so much over my first ten years of teaching,…
Meet McKenzie
Thanks for stopping by Piano Possibilities! My name is McKenzie Pausch, and I have been in love with teaching since 2010. As I started teaching out of my parent’s living room in high school, I had no idea how much of an impact I could choose to have on the students that walk through my door, and the even greater influence my students would have on me! My hope is that by reading this blog, teachers will be inspired and equipped to teach their students the way their students need to learn. If you as a teacher are aware of your student’s needs and are having fun, your students are bound to have fun too!