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 […]
Worksheets
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!), […]
Loads of Free Music Rhythm Worksheets!
In my research for For the Love of Music, I came across this site by http://annettemackey.com/ that has a wonderful and extensive collection of free music rhythm worksheets that you can download! I know I’ll be back here often!
Theory Strips – An Ingenious Idea!
At the MTNA Conference I had the privilege of meeting Bonnie Slaughter, the creator of this ingenious approach to theory. I like to think of it as the text messaging approach to music theory. 🙂 Theory Strips are a 10-level program that organize music theory concepts into strips that can easily be completed one day […]
Great Composers and Their Music: Lapbook and Biography Sets
Have you seen the collection of composer lapbook and biography sets that Joy Morin, of the Color in My Piano blog, has created and made available in her store? What a fabulous and memorable way to teach music history to students and/or children! Growing up, I loved to create my own lapbooks to document and […]
Review and Giveaway of NoteBusters!
It seems fitting to launch the New Year with a wonderful giveaway! Have you ever had one of those moments working with a supposedly late elementary student when you pointed to a note on the staff and watched them look quizzically at it before taking the next several minutes to try to figure out what […]