My students are so excited about the Holiday Sight Reading Challenge I issued a few weeks ago. I love that I can use this idea for sight reading or next year for practice, extra credit challenges, etc. It’s a very
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If you have a gmail address, you’ll want to get in on the new Google+ social network! It’s far cleaner and easier to make sense of than some of the other social networks. Plus, there are great “hangout” features which
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I always appreciate when other bloggers link back to this blog. But it’s been a while since I’ve linked back to anyone but Susan Paradis’ wonderful blog, so I wanted to give you some links to a little of what’s
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On the goal setting form I had students fill out in August, many of my students expressed that they wanted to be better sight readers. In the past few months, my students have participated in a Christmas Sight Reading Challenge
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I’ve been asked this question a few times since the launch of Rhythm Menagerie, so I thought I’d let you know that Rhythm Menagerie was designed to be used in private lessons, though it does work well in groups. Some
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In case you missed it in the Candy Corn Polyphony post, I wanted to let you know that there are new Melodic Dictation activities on the Web Rewards pages. There are now Level 6 and Level 7 melodic dictation samples
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This week, we had our fall group lessons and I had a fun time tweaking our games to go with a fall theme. I had a particularly good time figuring out what to do with my older kids who were
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This year, I’ve decided to make “Creativity at Christmas” my theme for this year’s Christmas recital. I have a whole list of creative projects that students will be encouraged to participate in and many of these will be shared at
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Here’s a great thought to follow-up the post: Why Are Adults Less Creative? ‘I’m a big believer in boredom,’ [Steve Jobs] told me. Boredom allows one to indulge in curiosity, he explained, and “out of curiosity comes everything.” The man
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The Never Say This post has generated a lot of discussion. It’s been wonderful to hear what so many of you are asking your students to help discover whether they really understand a concept. It’s also been good to hear
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Merry to Moody:
Holiday music for everyone!
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