Defiant. Depressed. Uncomfortable. Is this how you would describe your teen? I ask because this is exactly who I was before I discovered how to express myself and find self love. The gateway that opened the door for me was music. And since then, I’ve been able to help young teen girls just like myself, […]
Summer Cleaning in the Studio
Does anyone else ever get the urge to delve in and reorganize their studio? I am forever trying to come up with better ways to manage everything in the studio and have recently been digitizing and filing all my binders full of worksheets to clear out some shelf space in my studio closet. I’ll share […]
New Piano Practice Incentive Theme is Here!
Most of the world may still be closed for traveling right now, but my students and I have just completed an exhilarating journey Ad Astra (“to the stars”). One of my students has requested a space theme for our annual practice incentive theme for several years, so this past year I determined to make that […]
Time for a Music Spelling Bee!
We finished out our final group piano class this week with a fun game of Music Spelling Bee! Each of the students received a magnetic dry erase board (I really like these from Really Good Stuff and have used them for years!) with magnets and a transparency sheet with a music staff printed on it […]
Free 9-Page Piano Technique Guide
In the past I’ve mentioned the free piano videos that Fred Karpoff, of Entrada Piano, has made available, but I just recently discovered a fabulous free piano technique guide that you can sign up for and download from his website. It’s full of fascinating tidbits that may have you rethinking what you’ve learned and taught […]
Free Beginner Piano Game for Whole and Half Steps
Now that I’ve started offering preschool Piano Expeditions piano camps in the summer, I’m always on the lookout for games and activities that are well-suited to this age. I love to have some sort of simple activity to engage them right at the beginning while everyone is arriving, and this Toads, Tones, and Semitones game […]
