For quite some time, I have been hearing about how useful that Staples Easy Button has been in teacher’s studios. Unfortunately, we do not have a Staples in my hometown, so I didn’t give it much thought until the Easy […]
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I used to have a problem with students arriving early or staying late. It was never a huge problem, but it was certainly an irritating one especially when I only had a short break between certain lessons. I often hear
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Thank you all for voting in our Cartoon Character Contest! Each of the students received at least 1 vote, so I know that they will enjoy reading what you have written about their creativity. For this picture, the “People’s Choice
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There is one thing that I use in my studio that I think I cannot ever be without: removable highlighter tape! I use this for all ages of students and it is a wonderfully effective tool to draw attention to
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I am a firm believer in finding the right word to coax a correct response from my students. It is so easy to fall into a rut in using the same words again and again to describe staccato (“short and jumpy”)
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Wow, I have just discovered another incredible website with fantastic new games! I remember Anne Crosby’s name from her book In My Dreams which I used with a student ever so long ago. Her compositions were delightfully fresh and appealing
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I just revised several files in the Manuscript Paper section of the website. It always bothered me that my large print, “6 stave with grand staff” staff paper allowed only 3 measures per line, since so many phrases are in
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One of the things that I will be using this fall is a new set of stickers from Hal Leonard. I love these stickers because they are all music related and are inexpensive compared to the music stickers you might
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I am now on a break from teaching until mid-August when I begin my fall semester. During the next few weeks, I’d like to prepare for fall by doing the following: Establishing achievable overall goals for my studio. Organizing my
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In this month’s Clavier Companion (July/August 2010), Susan Geffen has written some very kind things about my Level 1 Irish Celebration piece. In her introductory paragraph, she talks about early level pieces which: 1. Can realistically be accomplished by 4-6 year
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