One of my challenges the last couple of years has been planning group class games for my piano students that work for a combination of online and in person attendees. I primarily teach in person, but have a couple students who are mostly online and I want to include them as much as possible in […]
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Using Scale Blocks for Musical Form and Memorization
As I mentioned last week, we focus on musical form at piano lessons right from the beginning. This week we had to get creative with the song, Ferris Wheel, from Piano Safari Level 1. The first line, which we labeled “A” is repeated in inverted form for the third line, and the second line is […]
Christmas Tunes Bingo is a Hit!
At our final group class of the year, we pulled out the new Christmas Tunes Bingo game and gave it a try. I pulled a musical excerpt out of an envelope and played it on the piano. The students had to guess the name of the Christmas song, then determine which category it belongs to […]
New Christmas Tunes Bingo and More Music Games!
One of the tried-and-true games in our studio is Music Bingo. It’s a simple game that works for students of all ages and levels and effectively reinforces musical terms and symbols. I often pull it out for group classes. A while back I began pondering the possibility of creating a Bingo game that would help […]
Piano Camp Day Five – To London with Handel and His Messiah
Read to the bottom for a special coupon code for any piano camp curriculum packages! “I love this game! It’s my favorite!” is the exclamation I heard at the end of our fast-paced Eggspert challenge. It’s truly impressive how much the students can learn and remember in one week! The full-color student workbooks are so […]
Piano Camp Day Four – To London with Handel and His Messiah
Here are highlights from our fourth day of piano camp: It was time to break out the rhythm glow sticks today – always a favorite for our Welcome to Piano Camp song! The printable student card pack that is included with each Piano Expeditions curriculum is the perfect way to do a quick review at […]
