• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Music Matters Blog

Music Matters Blog

Inspiring Creativity

  • Home
  • About
    • Speaking
  • Blog
    • Business
    • News
    • Resources
    • Teaching
  • Store
    • Music Resources
    • Piano Arrangements
    • FAQ
    • Cart
  • Music Books for Kids
  • Contact
  • Search

Exciting New Developments for Music Matters Blog!

January 28, 2009 by natalie 1 Comment

One of the ideas I’ve been tossing around for a while is the possibility of organizing a structured approach to focus on and evaluate specific skill development with our students. Based on the feedback I received from the recent survey, I’ve decided to give this a try for the next several months and see how it goes. I think it will be a lot of fun, and will produce some excellent results in our studios! So, here’s the plan:

For each month, there will be a specific emphasis.  We’ll all put our [virtual] heads together to come up with creative and effective ways to help our students improve in this particular area. There will be several different components to help us do this:

Fresh and Fun! – this should be a simple idea that involves little or no preparation, and that can be incorporated in private lessons throughout the week to help reinforce the particular emphasis for the month. I will post the idea on Friday and then we can incorporate that idea into our teaching the following week.

Guest Posts – anyone who wants to can write a short article pertaining to the emphasis for the month. Both bloggers and non-bloggers alike are welcome to contribute! The articles can be inspirational, philosophical, practical, humorous, or any combination of the above. 🙂

Progress Report – at the end of the month, I’ll have an open post where we can all share observations and reflections on progress that our students made in the area of emphasis, which activities were most successful, what didn’t work, etc.

So, to get started, February’s theme is: Feeling the Pulse. If you have something you would like to contribute for the month of February – a Fresh and Fun! Idea or Guest Post related to Feeling the Pulse, just send me an e-mail with your contribution. Also, if you have a blog or website with a game, worksheet, or other resource relevant to Feeling the Pulse, please let me know so I can post a link to it!

I’m sure this idea will continue to develop and evolve as we try it out over the next few months. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to let me know. Now…let the brainstorming begin! What are your best ideas for helping students develop the skill of Feeling the Pulse?

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Click to print (Opens in new window) Print

Related

Filed Under: Teaching

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Categories

Recent Comments

  1. Hamud Law Group on Financial Resources for Independent Music Teachers
  2. natalie on Organizing Rote Repertoire for Piano
  3. Patricia Backus on Organizing Rote Repertoire for Piano

Featured Collaborators

sheet music plus pass

carnival of the animals maestro classic

Virtual Sheet Music - Classical Sheet Music Downloads

MusicLink

 

Random Product

Recently Viewed Products

Footer

Free Resources

  • The Rhythm Randomizer – A Fabulous Free Tool for Piano Teachers
  • Amazing Photos of Deconstructed Pianos
  • Financial Resources for Independent Music Teachers
  • Piano Music for Left Hand
  • New Free Tortoises Beginner Piano Solo with Teacher Duet

Click for more Free Resources

Product Search

Blog Archives

Blog Categories

Advertisers and Affiliates

Teach Preschool Piano

Piano Companion App

Oktav Sheet Music Library

Moo.com

sheet music plus pass

maestro classics

Ecwid

Dropbox.com

RSS Feed | YouTube | Twitter | Pinterest | LinkedIn | Facebook | Email

Blog content by Natalie's Piano Studio | © 2005-2025. All Rights Reserved.
Sitemap | Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions | Advertising Opportunities