What an amazing organizational tool! Have you ever wanted to let a student listen to a CD recording of a certain piece and spent a great deal of time looking at the back of each CD cover, only to discover that you must not have it after all? You absolutely must check out the Readerware […]
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Get Your Name Out
If you haven’t already done so, you should register your studio at Music Staff. Registration is free and allows you to list your studio in a database of music studios searchable by potential students. Even if you already have a full studio, the more you get your name out in the public eye, the more […]
Music to My Ears!
What a pleasant surprise it was to me when 8-year old Joey announced part way through his lesson that he had chosen another piece to work on. “Because it will make me have to count,” he said and then quickly added, “and I need to work on my counting.” Ah, yes! An early convert to […]
Organized Worksheets!
The best thing happened today! A student was having trouble with a particular rhythmic concept and I realized I had a worksheet that would help reinforce at home what we had just been working on at her lesson. Now, a week ago, I would have had to rummage through several folders full of worksheets to […]
Group Class Travels Back in Time
At our group class the other night, we traveled back in time to the Renaissance. I turned off all the lights in the studio and lit candles all around the room. As the students arrived, they heard the sound of monks singing Gregorian Chantsin the background. We focused throughout the class on how music is […]
Discovery School’s Puzzlemaker
Discovery School’s Puzzlemaker is an amazing tool! I’m getting ready for a group class tonight where we’ll be discussing how music is a form of communication and I used it to create this hidden message worksheet for the students to take home to keep the things we talked about a little more fresh in their […]
