Chinese Adventure Bundle

This Chinese Adventure Bundle includes four pieces depicting animals from China. It contains two mid-elementary and two late-elementary level pieces, and is part of our Rote and Reading® series. Each of these pieces can be taught by rote, reading or a combination of both (recommended). Each piece has catchy patterns and moves all over the piano!

Each piece comes as a downloadable PDF, complete with their beautiful covers, the bonus cover, and mp3 files and QR code of the composer playing the piece without voiceovers. These recordings can help your students remember the piece during the week and learn it more quickly as well.

Chinese Adventure Bundle Includes:

Panda Paradise – Elementary

Red Panda Pranks – Elementary

Leopard at Large – Late Elementary

Asian Elephant – Late Elementary

What Skills are Required to Play Chinese Adventure Bundle?

These pieces are all mid to late elementary. They are composed with catchy and easy to learn motives, making possibly intimidating concepts easy to grasp. Each piece can be taught by rote, reading or a combination. We recommend using a combination, since referring to the score for cues, repetitions, direction, and more can be helpful in teaching students to learn music. Each piece is carefully edited with pedagogical fingering and articulations, making them all excellent teaching and recital pieces!

Bonus Cover, Recordings and QR Codes Included

Your purchase of the Chinese Adventure Bundle includes bonus mp3 performance tracks for each piece that you can send to students to introduce or help them learn the piece. Plus, a QR code is included on the first page of the PDF (not pictured in the sample) so students can scan the code and it will take them directly to the performance recording of the piece. This can help them be inspired and learn the piece even more effectively without you having to send the mp3 to them! Your purchase also includes the beautiful bonus cover (as well as all the individual covers).

The Power of Rote and Reading® Teaching

Piano students are much more excited about their progress when you combine rote teaching with reading. And when you do this, students stay motivated longer. This is because kids know that they can play music that is much more difficult than they can read.

Think of the way kids learn to read. They first learn to “do” the language (i.e. speak it) before they ever learn to read it. In the same way, students best learn when we show them how to “do” the piano before they learn to read the notes. For more thoughts on the value of rote teaching and how long it really takes a child to learn to read music, read: How Long Does It Take to Learn to Read Music?