Keyboard Puzzle
I was teaching a young student the other day and remembered that I had a great little game for teaching the white keys. These Keyboard Puzzle Flashcards are shaped such that they only fit on the correct key. I gave […]
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Christmas Cover Art Contest
For students in Wendy’s Piano Studio: Your artwork this year is wonderful! I am so impressed with your drawings, especially since I find it difficult to draw even a 3 dimensional box. Below, you will find all of the drawings
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Question #5 – Teaching Form to Composition Students
You’ve heard me say before that the two areas I see student composers struggling with the most are melody and form. One teacher at the Composition for Kids lecture I gave in KC this week asked the following question: How
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Question #4 Students Getting Published
This will be an ongoing series consisting of questions that I have received after giving the Composition for Kids lecture. The first three questions came from members of KMTA this summer. They included: When do you have your students first
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Christmas Melodic Dictation
If you are not familiar with the Web Rewards section of this site, this is where I send my students each week to complete theory and ear training assignments to help them prepare for the state theory and ear training
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New Releases for Christmas!
I was pleasantly surprised to receive an email in my inbox from Hal Leonard about some great new Christmas sheets that are available (no, none of them are mine)! Even more exciting was how easy it is to navigate on their
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Kansas City Lecture Follow up
Thank you to all the Kansas City teachers who came to the workshop I gave today. Here is more information and links to many of the things that I have referenced: 1. Here is Carol Klose’s inspiring quote, along with more of what
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Thanksgiving worksheets
Susan Paradis has some great Thanksgiving worksheets for beginning students over on her Piano Teacher Resources blog. Worksheets for naming white keys and notes on the staff are available for download for your studio.
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Printers that are Piano Teacher friendly
I LOVE my new Brother MFC-6490CW printer! It is an all in one printer that enables me to do everything I have wanted as a piano teacher. Here’s how I am currently using the printer: I can print on both 8.5×11
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An egregious error
Sheila was so kind to alert me to my egregious error on the Christmas Pieces Flashcards. The last example, Away in a Manger, was set in a 4/4 time signature instead of 3/4. I have corrected the original file, so
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