Buckle your seat belts and get ready for an adventure with this fun set of piano camp lesson plans developed by Sheryl Welles: RoadTrip USA!
The camp is organized into a 5-day/15-hour set of plans with a different theme for each day: Patriotic Day, Wild West Day, Carnival Day, I Love New York Day, and Luau Day. The students participate in themed games and activities all week long to help them improve their skills in note identification, rhythm, musical terms, ear-training, and movement.
Lesson plans for each day include ideas for set-up, listening suggestions, game and activity instructions, supply lists, and photos from when Sheryl held the camp with her students. The last two-thirds of the packet is a collection of resource cards to go with the road trip theme and printable cards for the various games and activities. Sheryl has laid out everything to make running the camp a breeze, but there’s also lots of room for flexibility and creativity! Her game ideas and supplies could easily be used with students throughout the year at group classes, too.
Now, for the moment you’ve all been waiting for…Sheryl is giving away one copy of the RoadTrip USA! piano camp packet (regularly $39!) to a Music Matters Blog reader! Just leave a comment below to be entered in a drawing to win this packet for your studio. The winner will be drawn using a random number generator on Thursday, October 4, at noon (CST).
WOW! This is exactly what I have been looking for.
I love Sheryl Welles creative ideas!
I love this! You are truly talented.
This looks super fun!
Love, Love, Love your ideas! This is something I can definitely use.
I’d love to use this in group lessons!
My students will LOVE this! My fingers are crossed for the win!
Enjoyed teaching piano camp this summer and teach group along with private lessons – so eager to learn more about this great resource! Thanks for the chance.
I could definitely use this!
I’d love to win this! Piano camps are so much fun!
Would love to win this too!!
I LOVE this idea! I’m always looking for these kind of things to make music more fun! Thanks for the chance to win a packet!
Sheryl Wells has such great ideas for camps! I can see how some of the activities could be used for piano class, too. I would love to win this!
I have never tried a piano camp and would love to have a look at what I’m sure are great ideas!
Oh it sounds like a lot of fun! Thanks for offering the giveaway!
Would love this!
I love doing piano camps! And this sounds awesome!
I would love to try this out with my students
What a fun idea! I’d love to use this in my studio. Thanks very much.
Wow, this would be wonderful!
Wow! How bizarre is this? Just today, I was working on my new incentive program for my students and wrote down the title “Road Trip USA!” (Last year, we traveled the world.) Then I find this blog email this evening! I would LOVE to win this resource to help me nail down the details I’ve been considering.
I would really love to try this sometime! Sounds great.
I’ve been exploring her blog and website, she’s got some wonderful ideas! Thanks for the opportunity to win this!
It would be so cool to win this because I am a brand new piano teacher.
I would love to add this to my ideas. Thanks for the chance.
Sounds spiffy!
I have been wanting to try piano/music camp. This would be perfect!
This looks great!
Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! My students would love this!
Sheryl’s ideas are always so fun! I would love to win this!
Would love to win!
I have been wanting to start a piano camp in the summer. These look like great ideas.
This looks like fun!
Would love to use something like this to generate interest in summer lessons. Will definitely be looking into this. Thanks.
Always looking for some fun ideas for Music Camp, and I’ve used Sheryl’s activities in and outside of music lessons. These ideas looked like lots of fun, and adaptable for life in Canada!
Looks like fun!
I definitely could use this.
I’m ready for a road trip with my students.
Sounds like such fun ideas for music camp!
Wow, this looks fantastic!
This would be a wonderful resource!
I love the creativity some teachers have. What a fun idea. I would love to use this as a camp and at individual lessons. Thanks!
The main reason why I have yet to do a piano camp is b/c I am not sure exactly what I would do. This is great b/c it’s already planned out for the teacher!
This camp looks like so much fun. Thanks for all of your hard work and creative ideas, Sheryl.
I would love to win this, I’m always looking for fun ways to teach. Thanks!
Going to do mini-piano camps for the first time this summer. Excited to get some fresh new ideas!
This looks like a wonderful resource! Thanks for the opportunity!
This sounds really interesting. Thanks.
Looks like a fun learning excursion!
What level of student is this road trip camp for. I am researching ideas for this summer. Thanks. NB