Be sure to check out the free workshop that Kjos Music is offering by Keith Snell on the topic of Sight Reading and Multi-key Reading for Elementary Students. There is an August 10 option and an August 17 option, so you can register for whichever one works better for you. You can also email Kjos […]
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A Great Tool for Helping Piano Students Improve Sight Reading and Rhythm Skills
One of my favorite resources to help students develop their rhythm and sight reading skills is the Rhythm and Sight Reading cards from Piano Safari. These are great to use as a supplement even if you don’t use the method books. Levi agreed to demonstrate how we utilize these cards: After tapping the rhythm pattern, […]
Free Piano Sight Reading Flash Cards from Diane Hidy
If your studio is anything like mine, you can never have too many sight reading resources at your fingertips! I was thrilled to discover these sight reading flashcards from Diane Hidy. This will be great to have available in the studio and to give students to use on their own during the week!
Monday Mailbag – The Purpose of a Sight-Reading Book
What is the benefit of using a sight reading curriculum? Isn’t every new song in the student’s book an opportunity to sight read? My emphasis on and philosophy of sight-reading tends to shift the more that I work with students. I agree that the number one way to build fluent sight-reading skills is to play […]
Trying A New Approach to Sight-Reading
At a local music teachers association meeting several months ago, one of the other teachers brought a book called, Joining the Dots: A Fresh Approach to Piano Sight-Reading by Alan Bullard. I was immediately intrigued and ended up ordering the whole 5 volume set so that I could begin experimenting with some of my students! […]
Dusting Off These Sight-Reading Worksheets!
In conjunction with my practice incentive theme this year, I’ve dusted off this set of Across the C’s sight-reading worksheets that I developed years ago. And you know what? My students are loving them! Something about the range of the keyboard that is used and the perceived initial difficulty make students feel very accomplished when […]