How Piano Teachers Can Get Excited About Another Year Of Piano Lessons
Once a month, Andrea and I take a quick break from our regular blog posts to share the latest games from our monthly resource PianoGameClub. If you’re looking to pump up the fun in your lessons, then...
View ArticleHow To Turn Grumpy Piano Students Into Smiley Piano Students
Once a month, Andrea and I take a quick break from our regular blog posts to share the latest games from our monthly resource PianoGameClub. If you’re looking to pump up the fun in your lessons, then...
View Article4 Piano Resources You’ll Use Over And Over And Over As December Approaches
Ahh… December is just around the corner. And the piano teacher’s marathon is about to begin. Over the next few weeks you’ll probably find yourself rushing around to recitals, planning piano parties,...
View ArticleReinforce C’s On The Grand Staff In This Reindeer Rescue Piano Game
The holiday season can feel a bit… rushed. The never-ending stream of students in and out of your piano studio is filled with recital prep and holiday music. And while it’s all very festive and fun, it...
View ArticleUse These Four Piano Resources For Fun And Effective Theory Teaching In 2018
If you haven’t made a piano studio resolution for 2018, why not consider making this the year that you breathe life into theory? Make this year to have more fun with theory… to get your students...
View ArticleAn Adorable Valentine’s Day Piano Game To Reinforce Recognition Of Steps And...
Trevor and I just can’t let a holiday pass without sharing an inspiring piano resource or two. Any event on the calendar, big or small, should be used as a motivational tool to drive home some serious...
View ArticleLettuce For Lions… Reinforce Note Values With This Hands-On DIY Piano Game
Gung hay fat choy! In case you don’t know what that means, we just wished you a Happy New Year. Friday, February 16th was Chinese New Year and celebrations were taking place this weekend all over the...
View ArticleIs 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 ArticleScrambled Eggs; An Easter Piano Game To Reinforce Interval Recognition
For the first time in almost a decade, Trevor and I started watching Survivor again. Apparently, not much has changed for the castaways. The contestants are still plotting behind each other’s backs,...
View ArticleBlast Off With A Score Study Piano Printable That Is ‘Out Of This World’!
Isn’t it funny how the most mundane jobs become absolutely marvelous when turned into a game? As parents, Trevor and I have learned this through experience with our two young daughters. “Pick the...
View ArticleCrunching Carrots – A Listening Game To Improve Recognition of Melodic Intervals
Are your piano students bouncing up and down when it’s time for interval practice? If they are, then there is a good chance that you are using our most recent book release from PianoBookClub: A Hop,...
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 ArticleSearching For Chopin’s Keys: A Teen Piano Game To Reinforce Key Signatures
For many years, I have been composing music that will motivate teen piano students to continue with lessons. But repertoire is only one aspect of a piano lesson… and if we want to keep teens inspired,...
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 ArticleUse Pool Noodles To Reinforce Chord Inversions With This Hands-On Piano Activity
Our two girls spend most of their summer floating in lakes, rivers, and oceans on pool noodles. For the rest of the year we store them awkwardly in a sports bin that sits in the corner of our garage...
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...
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