Now that you know the three steps, let’s dive a little deeper into each one and learn some specific action steps you can take to implement these practices in your studio. Make it fun When I was a student, learning theory meant doing written assignments out of a workbook at home. I always completed my […]
Teaching
3 Tips to Turn Students into Music Theory Rockstars – Guest Series by Kristin Jensen
It was a special day when my first two 4 year old students aced the first grade level theory exam. Kids have proven to me time and again that they are capable of doing so much more than we realize. Those two four year-olds really stretched my creativity as a teacher as I realized that […]
Free Printable Music Note Name Worksheet – with a sweet bonus!
The great folks over at MakingMusicFun.net recently linked to a simple, but fun music note name challenge and worksheet. It’s called the M&M Note Name Challenge. I have more than a couple of sugar-holics in my studio (a.k.a. my children!) who would eat this up. Literally. 😛 I might have to give it a try […]
NoteStars – A Fun Challenge for Learning Music Notes on the Piano!
As I mentioned in my last post, we’ve been devotedly working on note identification and music reading fluency in our studio this past month. The first thing I started my students with was this NoteStars challenge: I just printed out this worksheet on white cardstock (you can click on it to download it for free!), […]
An Embarrassing Confession
I’ve known this for a while, but it’s one of those things that’s easy to ignore as a piano teacher, perhaps supposing that eventually there will be an epiphany and the student will automatically know it. But sometimes you have to confront the truth. Embarrassing as it may be. I recently decided that it was […]
2014 Christmas Piano Recital and Dinner
Last night was an evening of tradition and new beginnings. It was our 17th annual studio Christmas recital, but it was also our 1st annual Christmas dinner! Thanks to the vision of my creative husband, we decided to combine our studio recital with a special Christmas gift to our studio families – an evening of […]
