One of my high school boys has an insanely busy schedule this semester. In fact, in March his mom e-mailed me about the possibility of him taking off the months of April and May and resuming lessons in the fall when his schedule is a bit more open again. I explained to her that because […]
Group Class Ideas
Giant-Sized Piano Keyboard
Check out this giant-sized piano keyboard that Laura Lowe made using a bed sheet and permanent markers! I LOVE it! Especially as I work on plans for our pre-piano summer camp, I’m going to keep this in mind and hopefully make one. Don’t you think the little kiddos would have a blast with this?! I […]
Review of Maestro! the Board Game
You may remember that I was so enthralled with the Maestro! game at the MTNA Conference that I purchased it to use with my students. Well, the opportune time came last Thursday when we had our fifth Briefing Session (a.k.a. group class) of the year. We had some extra time at the end of all […]
And I thought I knew about all the best places for free teaching resources…
…well I was wrong! As I mentioned yesterday, in looking through some of the websites that teachers sent me, I found some really gems. One in particular merited an immediate subscription to the blog feed and a mental note to come back and peruse in more depth for some specific resources. If you haven’t seen […]
Recent YouTube Finds
Four-Piano Version of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons I love this! Since I’m still thinking about piano camp and contemplating a Four Seasons theme, this would be so fun to show my students. via Collaborative Piano Blog Flight of the Bumblebee Bet you’ve never heard it like that before! One of the presenters last week showed us […]
Virtual Field Trips
Last week, I received information about a website called Meet Me at the Corner that hosts virtual field trips for kids. What a fun idea! I’ve been perusing a few of the videos, and the quality of the content is quite impressive. From the director, “Meet Me at the Corner is a series of free […]
