Fall is my favorite time of year! And there’s no end to the wonderful fall piano teaching ideas that are out there. You can search for hours on the ComposeCreate site and find lots of ideas, but I want to make it easy for you and just give you links and snippets all in one post!
So here you go…I’ll try to be as thorough as possible so you’ll have plenty of ideas for this year!
Fall piano teaching ideas
Get rid of mindless practice with the practice abacus I’m not a big crafty person (at least any more…I used to be), but IÂ loved making this with my students because it was so immediately useful. They loved it too!
30 and 40 piece challenge charts We now have certificates for all of these charts and the most recent ones (2016 edition) have editable fields in them so you can type in students’ names for the charts and the certificates.
New student interviews – idea for sealing the deal This was written by a lovely teacher in the ComposeCreate community and she’s so right about how to seal the deal. If you didn’t make the student and parent smile multiple times in the interview, you need this!
Fall lesson book bash We know that there are recitals and festivals coming up that will mean the lesson book might take the back seat. So you can use this to challenge your students to get through as much of their lesson book right now while there is time in the lesson! More on the bash here.
Fall sight-reading challenge If you’ve been around ComposeCreate for a while, you know we have a holiday version of this as well. But fall is a great time to get your students sight-reading more and this is a lovely way to do it and give to those in need. Plus, parents are often willing to “match funds” as well because of the special cause. Let this be an inspiration to you and pick your own cause.
The most useful incentive that’s NOT candy My students have always loved this incentive. And it serves multiple purposes since students can use it to help them learn too!
Fall cup tapping news Here’s some fall, festive things to do with Rhythm Cup Explorations!
All 2017 Fall and Halloween Music Available – New Pieces
We have a number of pieces that are perfect for fall or halloween recitals and some are new to the ComposeCreate store. Some of them are printed music only (no reproductions), some are studio license (as many prints as you need for students you directly teach), and some are sold as either! Here they are: