Last week, Dr. Julie Knerr and Katherine Fisher wrote this article all about rote teaching, “Are You Afraid of Rote Teaching? Consider This…”. I’m very excited to do more of this with my students especially now that they have convinced […]
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About seven years ago, I met Katie Fisher in Toronto at an MTNA conference. She was the wife of a college classmate of mine (Christopher Fisher who has written here about group teaching) and she and her friend Dr. Julie
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A Perfect Recipe for Hybrid Piano Group Lesson Plan by Charlene Zundel Shelzi As a reminder, in my last post called “Start Giving Super-charged Hybrid Group Lessons,” I defined Hybrid Piano Teaching as a teaching style that includes both private lessons
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Dr. Melody Hanberry Payne has a fun site called The Plucky Pianista that you’ll want to check out, especially if you have beginners. Dr. Hanberry has held positions in a number of colleges and universities and is a nationally certified
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Susan Paradis has created a fun little activity/flashcard for students learning their note names. She uses these Animal Alphabet Matching Cards by having students clip a clothespin to the correct note name shown on the staff. Very cute! Joy Morin
Have you noticed how competitive teens and pre-teens are? Have you noticed that when other games and activities don’t interest them, beating someone at something always seems to light a fire under them? Well, I’d like to help you motivate
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Piano group lessons are super popular, but sometimes hard to start doing. So I am so excited about this article by Charlene Zundel Shelzi which discusses the kind of piano group lessons that have worked for me for over a
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I’ve been fascinated by the number of times in the last year that a respected pedagogue has said something like this, “When the brain is bored, it seeks new stimuli.” Diane Hidy mentioned this to me once when she was
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by Dr. Christopher Fisher As a piano teacher, I find great joy in the process of creating and experimenting with new and exciting teaching strategies with my students. I love to consider each of my students – their learning styles, their
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August is the month for creating a plan for outrageously fun piano lessons for the coming year! So to help you in that, I’m going to show you an amazingly fun video below and I’m also offering a $5 coupon
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