I didn’t know exactly how I was going to use them when I saw them the other day, but I just couldn’t pass up this pair of dry erase dice! As I told my sister the other day, you know you’re in trouble when you see something cool when you’re out shopping and you stand […]
Group Class Ideas
Piano Group Class Game Ideas
We held our first group class of the fall semester this week and it was a ton of fun! With our practice incentive theme of The Aquarium Caper this year, we’re specifically focusing on rhythm skills, so I wanted to be sure to incorporate some fun music rhythm games into the lesson plan. We started […]
September Surprise Fall Piano Kickoff!
It’s that time of year again! I know most teachers have already been teaching for at least several weeks, but I love summer too much to start fall piano lessons before Labor Day. So, as has been our tradition now for at least 15 years (as best as I and some of my former students […]
Piano Expeditions Piano Camp – Day 5
It’s hard to believe that the week has come and gone already! Here are highlights from our final day of To Russia with Mussorgsky and His Exhibition: We started by reviewing all the main concepts we’ve learned this week using the ever-popular Eggspert quiz game! A new element for today’s Read-it! time was allowing each […]
Piano Expeditions Piano Camp – Day 4
Well, today was a wild and crazy day! Everyone had about 10x as much energy, so Stephanie and I had to work extra hard to keep everyone focused and in control. The positive side is that the students are having such a great time. One mom said that her son told her he wished he […]
Piano Expeditions Piano Camp – Day 3
We’re halfway through our week and so far everyone has survived! Even with a wider range of ages this year (3-10 years old), I’ve been impressed at how well all of the students have gotten along and worked together. The older ones love being praised when they catch on to concepts quickly and can demonstrate […]
