In doing some research for homeschooling my daughter next year I came across a fabulous set of printable eBooks (made available by Project Gutenberg) about the lives of the great composers. Each one includes an easy-to-read story about the composer’s life with numbered squares where the student can place pictures cut from the back of […]
Group Class Ideas
A Favorite Piano Camp Activity
At our Piano Expeditions piano camp last week, one of the favorite activities was singing our Welcome to Piano Camp song each morning. Here’s a little glimpse into one verse of it. Of course, the students insisted on turning off all the lights in the studio to get the full effect! Each day we used […]
Piano Expeditions – Day Two
Another morning experiencing the Wild and Wonderful World of Music at our Piano Expeditions piano camp has come and gone. Emphasis on the wild! It sure is fun to watch the students get excited as we learn new concepts and repeat favorite activities each day!
Coming Soon – Piano Expeditions!
After several years of tossing around the idea of offering preschool piano camp/classes, this year I finally decided to give it a go! It’s in “Beta testing” this week, but I’m super excited to introduce you to: Piano Expeditions! I have five students between the ages of 3.5 and 7 who are participating this week. […]
Group Piano Class Goes Virtual!
Now that we’re about a month into our stay-home order around here, necessitating virtual rather than in-person piano lessons, I decided to give our monthly group class a try using a Zoom meeting. It went surprisingly well and was a fun time! We started with a game of rhythmic dictation where I played a 4-beat […]
Melodic Dictation Piano Game a Hit at Group Class!
This is a simple game that trains the ear, is laid out visually, and engages the students in a tactile activity – so it incorporates three learning styles at once! Each student needs a magnetic dry erase board and marker, some magnets, and a transparency sheet with a printed staff (or they could hand draw […]
