This Piano Practice Tips E-News Archives page has some wonderful thoughts on effective practice methods. I’m guessing that the e-newsletter itself is no longer in operation, because the archives are dated 2000-2002. Here’s another page I just found with even more archives. I haven’t read through all of the archives, but it’s nice to know […]
Teaching
Treble Clef Music Game
This is the first game I ever made for my studio and it is still one of the favorites. I just cut a treble clef shape out of white posterboard and then cut orange and blue circles and placed them on the treble clef to create a path. Then I laminated it to preserve it […]
Piano Camp 2008 Q&A
First off, I must say that the general outline for the camp was put together by another teacher in our local association who is chairing the committee for our Music Olympics next week. This made my planning a piece of cake, since I really just had to fill in the specifics. Thanks, Sally! Now, on […]
Rhythm Blocks
I promise I’m still going to answer all the specific questions relating to my piano camp, but in the meantime, you have to check out these awesome rhythm blocks that D’Net made! They are so colorful and such a wonderful teaching tool. Looks like I have something else to add to my summer to-do list! […]
Piano Camp – The Daily Plan
Since many of you were interested in more specifics from my piano camp, I’ve copied my daily schedule below to give you a better idea of how I structured each day. I had 2 1/2 hours with each group (usually I do 2 hours a day and meet Monday through Friday, but since Friday was […]
Memories of Piano Camp 2008!
You can watch this video I put together last night to catch a glimpse of how our Olympic-themed Piano Camp turned out this week. It’s impossible to capture everything, but suffice it to say that we had a wonderful time!
