Is Your Piano Studio Ready To Make Game-Based Learning A Weekly Experience
Last week, for Valentine’s Day, we shared a game called “Chase My Heart”. We knew people would like it, but after reading through a bunch of Facebook comments it turns out students and teachers both...
View ArticleRhythm In The Wind: A Summer Group Piano Game For All Ages
While group piano lessons can happen during any time of the year, the summer months are well-suited to a musical get-together. If you’re one of the many teachers organizing summer piano parties, you’re...
View ArticleHow To Reinforce Note Reading In Middle C Position With A Rampaging Rhino
While sometimes ignored with primer-level students, sight-reading skills can, and should, be developed early on in the piano lesson experience. Students who are introduced to this skill as soon as they...
View ArticlePick-A-Pop Rhythm Pull – A Fun Fair Inspired, End-Of-Lesson Piano Activity
For our children, the school year is coming to an end. Trevor and I have been desperately trying to squeeze in our work while rushing off to sports days, award ceremonies, plays, and fun fairs. And, as...
View ArticleA Rhythm Printable To Take The ‘Scary’ Out Of Sight Reading
As a piano student, I hated sight reading. Even now, the mere mention of the phrase brings up horrible exam experiences from my past where I battled through sweaty hands and blurry vision to try to...
View ArticleHow Your Piano Students Can Have A Blast Stacking Cups And Reinforcing Rests
The summer months are a time when we can all slow down and indulge in activities that, during any other time of the year, would be massive time wasters. For Trevor and I this means chilling out an...
View ArticleChopin Shuffle: A Teen Piano Printable To Make Classical Music Theory Meaningful
Call Trevor and I old fashioned, but we still watch Jeopardy on TV. In fact, it’s well beyond a simple viewing experience. Instead it’s an all-out battle of the wits with bragging rights as the...
View ArticleFeast On Intervals With This Printable Dice Game For Elementary Piano Students
When I was in grade 5, memorizing multiplication tables was a big deal. Each student had to stand up in front of the classroom and rattle off times table as quickly as possible (“nine times one is...
View ArticleIt’s Raining Note Values With This Printable Dice Game For Early Elementary...
When it comes to learning the piano, some things just need to be memorized. Note reading, rhythm recognition, and intervallic reading require immediate recall that can only be achieved by repeated...
View ArticleThe Chase: A Teen Piano Game To Reinforce Ledger Line Note Reading
Note reading struggles are something that teachers commonly equate with young piano students. But the truth is, many kids will struggle with note reading into their tweens and teens. As little kids,...
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