Sylvia Showcases Beat the Pirates!

Our local music teachers association recently held our annual planning meeting and brunch. (As an aside, becoming a member of Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and our state and local affiliates is one of the best decisions I ever made as a music teacher. There is nothing quite like real life relationships to provide camaraderie and support in this otherwise isolated realm of independent music teaching!) Anyway, at the conclusion of our brunch, my colleague and former teacher, Sylvia Coats, led me to her studio where she proudly displayed her preparation of the Beat the Pirates! practice incentive theme for this next year of teaching in her studio!

I was so excited that I had to snap a picture to share here on Music Matters Blog! It’s so cool to see other teachers using these themes in their studios and hear about the excitement of their students. I also loved that for the “Treasure Tokens” Sylvia creatively decided to use colored Popsicle sticks. So clever! She sent me a kind email after the meeting that just made my day, “I want to especially thank you for providing the incentive programs for me. Your creativity in developing these materials is astounding! They are way underpriced!”

I’m busy this week finalizing preparations for the new practice incentive theme in our studio. Want a sneak peek?

We’ll be beta testing “The Secret of the Keys” in our studio this year and should have it ready to roll out at the beginning of next summer!

There are some other huge (and exciting!) changes coming to Music Matters Blog this fall, so stay tuned. Hope your teaching is off to a great start!