Mercy excitedly displays the Odwalla smoothie she earned by making it to the Jungle Juice Hut as part of our Jungle Expedition practice incentive theme this year! I am impressed at the incredible effort students have been putting in this year to earn tickets and gain admission to various jungle huts. The number one […]
Fun Extras!
Creativity on Heart and Soul
Have you ever had a student come into their lesson thrilled to show you the new song that their friend just taught them? Only to discover that it’s at the top of every piano teacher’s list of Most Disliked Songs? You know which one I’m talking about, don’t you? Yup. Heart and Soul. But, as […]
Introducing…the Shlap!
I love it when my students put their creative juices to work to come up with something innovative! Check out this new musical symbol that Stephanie devised:
The February Love Special – $5 OFF!
In honor of Valentine’s Day this month (and getting married to the love of my life a little over a month ago :-)), I thought I would run a special offer here on Music Matters Blog! For the next two weeks, you can get $5 off any purchase made in the Music Matters Blog store. […]
Fun Times in the Studio!
The New Year is off to a great start, and we’re having fun playing a variety of quick 5-minute games in the studio! Here are a couple of recent pictures: Ellie has a blast playing this simple note direction game by moving her magnetic “note” up or down depending on what she rolls on the […]
A Fabulous List of Piano Game Resources!
In doing some blog browsing recently, I came across this fabulous list of piano game resources on Heidi’s Blog! Heidi has organized links to game ideas and materials around the blogosphere according to specific categories: Music Alphabet/Piano Key Names, Note Reading, Musical Terms/Symbols, Rhythm, Whole/Half Step, Accidentals, Enharmonics, Intervals, Ear Training, Stem Placement, Chords, Scales, […]
