Anyone who has been reading here for any length of time knows that I’m a huge fan of Music Teacher’s Helper. It has streamlined my bookkeeping like I never imagined was possible! I posted my first review of it after signing up for the free trial version four years ago. Although I was hesitant to […]
Studio Ideas
Free School Calendars You Can Adapt for Your Studio
Blog reader Cindy Truman recently alerted me to a fabulous resource that could also be a huge time-saver! Check out this website with pre-designed school calendars that you can download, adapt, and print for use in your studio. I’ve already been manually doing my own from scratch for so many years now that I have […]
Monday Mailbag – Students Forgetting Assignment Books
I would love it if you would address how you deal with students who consistently forget their assignment books! I have started keeping large sticky notes on hand to stick right on the front of their book, but it’s very frustrating when this also doesn’t return! It impedes progress. My students who always bring their […]
Piano Teacher Website Listing is Up!
We already have a nice collection of studio websites, so I’ve compiled all the links received thus far and put together a page for the Piano Teacher Website Listing. There is also a link in the right sidebar so that you can easily access the list. I’ve already come across some fabulous ideas just from […]
Monday Mailbag – Recording MP3s
Ensembles, I love ’em! They are hard to coordinate and take a lot of patience during rehearsals. I have done what you do, students split lesson times. But only after each has their part learned fairly well. I always play the other part, up until then so they know what the whole thing should sound […]
Music History Timeline
Several of my student’s moms commented on how much they liked the timeline that I used for our listening activity last week. This is one of the best timelines I’ve found! I love that it incorporates not only music history, but also little glimpses into other things going on in the world. Surprisingly, the timeline […]
