One of my favorite things to do in the summer is brainstorm and plan for the next year’s practice incentive theme. My students and families may think I do it all for them, but in reality, idea creation is something that energizes me and gets me excited for another year of teaching. I’ll share more […]
Worksheets
How to Give Your Students’ Note Reading a Super Boost – A Giveaway!
With the plethora of piano teaching resources constantly hitting the market it’s easy to let old favorites slip to the wayside when exploring new possibilities. I’m sorry to say that’s exactly what happened with Notebusters, a fabulous workbook created by Steven Gross and Karen Spurney. It’s been 10 years since I reviewed their original workbook […]
A Collection of Free Music Manuscript or Staff Paper
When I was perusing the Virtual Sheet Music website the other day, I came across their section of free resources for music teachers and noticed that they have a music manuscript file that you can adjust and print in either landscape or portrait mode with your specified number of staves. Since I rarely use theory […]
A Vision for Artistic Scales in the Piano Studio
It’s been quite a few years since I first read and reviewed Gerald Klickstein’s insightful book, The Musician’s Way, but it still stands out as one of the most inspirational and practical books in the music industry on the subject of practicing and performing. His bi-monthly newsletter still consistently delivers numerous interesting and useful links. […]
Rollin Rhythms Game a Hit at Piano Group Class
For our practice incentive theme this year (The Aquarium Caper), we are emphasizing developing rhythm skills, so I’ve been searching for a variety of rhythm games to include in our monthly piano group classes that will continue to reinforce rhythm knowledge and skills. For our last group class, I came across the free Rollin Rhythms […]
New Free Find the Music Note Worksheet
Here’s the next installment in the simple worksheets I’m creating for my little 4-year old nephew – a Find the Right Music Note worksheet. You can download and print it for free to use it in your studio!
