Okay, I admit this is actually last week in photos, but at this point I’m just proud of myself for actually getting these posted… 🙂 On Monday morning, shortly before my first lesson of the day, I decided to try a new game for the week – Chord Spelling Bee Challenge. I grabbed several plain […]
Game Ideas
Test Yourself on These Fun Musical Quizzes!
It took me six minutes and three seconds to do it, but I finally named all the composers of these famous pieces in this fun quiz. I was about four minutes into it before I realized that the countries were listed beside each blank (duh!). And then I had a brain freeze on The William […]
This Week in Photos
Continuing with the theme of devising games utilizing flashcards, I had Naomi try a sight-reading/composition game. I held the set of flashcards upside down and had her randomly draw four cards. Then I allowed her to arrange them in any order she chose and play the pattern of notes under either the second or third […]
This Week in Photos
Joey has made huge strides in his understanding and execution of scales this year, so I thought I would put him to the test with this fun Scale Scramble game. I placed all the scale blocks that corresponded to a particular scale on the fall board and then timed him to see how fast he […]
Practicing Piano with a Deck of Cards
Here’s another new blog I just came across recently. Wow, I’m so excited at how many music education blogs are popping up these days! If you have such a blog or have a recommendation of one, please let me know! Check out this great practice idea called, Scramble. All it takes is a deck of […]
Music Game Ideas
I can’t remember how I found it now, but here’s a great site with music game ideas. There are a bunch of different ideas…the perfect place to find your next group game! I think the game titled, “Melody,” looks like a fun option for a group of young beginning students. You can also check out […]