It’s one of our favorite weeks of the year – piano camp! We are continuing with our Piano Expeditions themes, this year To London with Handel and His Messiah. Here are a few highlights from our first day: Day One supplies are ready to go! We’ll be using several of the new printable full-sized piano […]
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Tried and True Piano Practice Strategy
After watching a webinar by Sara Ernst (Practicing Piano through the Early Stages) with our local music teachers association a couple of months ago, I was inspired anew to teach my students effective practice strategies during their piano lessons. This is not my favorite part of teaching and often brings to mind this quote by […]
Heartbeat Rhythms in Action!
We’ve been having fun using the new Heartbeat Rhythms music dictation game in both group classes and private piano lessons the last couple of weeks! For group class, I gave each student a copy of the pulse sheet and had piles of the note value hearts in the middle that they could utilize. I played […]
Free Full-Sized Piano Keyboard
In preparing for piano camp this year, I searched far and wide to find a full-sized piano keyboard that I could use for some music theory games and activities. The few options that I found were much more than I wanted to pay, so I decided to see if I could create a simple printable […]
Rollin Rhythms Game a Hit at Piano Group Class
For our practice incentive theme this year (The Aquarium Caper), we are emphasizing developing rhythm skills, so I’ve been searching for a variety of rhythm games to include in our monthly piano group classes that will continue to reinforce rhythm knowledge and skills. For our last group class, I came across the free Rollin Rhythms […]
Free Music Rhythm Pattern Flashcards
Since we’re especially focusing on developing and improving rhythm skills with our practice incentive theme this year, I’ve been on the lookout for additional rhythm resources to add to our studio collection. I recently came across the fabulous website of Ashley Danyew and love some of the resources she has available! She has a set […]
