There is much debate in the educational community about whether to use extrinsic motivators (i.e. practice incentives) to encourage students to perform required tasks or meet certain objectives. Those in the non-incentive camp tend to assert that motivation should be intrinsic and that the completion of the task or the attainment of the objective is […]
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Piano Camp Lesson Plans
Piano Camp Lesson Plans This is the daily outline for our week-long piano camp, with lots of hyperlinks to correlating resources and websites. If you’re interested in planning a fun, memorable Piano Camp for your own studio, this will give you the information and tools you need. The outline is succinct and easy-to-follow. It can […]
Piano Camp – Composer Spotlight!
We just finished our third morning of Piano Camp. Hard to believe we only have one day left! One of our daily activities is a Composer Spotlight. I wanted to highlight some of the lesser known composers, and also incorporate aspects of how they used their music to glorify God. I already had on my […]
Year-End Evaluations
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, this week I am conducting Year-End Evaluations with all of my students and their parents. A couple of weeks ago I sent them the questionnaires for this year (I change the questionnaires each year to collect different information that I think will be helpful) and then I got busy […]
Monday Mailbag – Carnival of the Animals Summer Piano Camp
I have been thinking about doing a summer music camp theme, but haven’t done it yet…could you give me more of an idea of what other type of activities you did with your Carnival of the Animals piano camp? Here’s what my daily outline looked like for the camp. Daily Outline: 20 minutes – welcome, […]
Monday Mailbag – Not Using Theory Books
[Note: Sorry for the delay this week!] You mentioned in your most recent Monday Mailbag post that you rarely use theory books with your students. Do you use other books instead? Or just do it all at the piano? Almost all of our theory work is done directly at the piano and is based on […]
