Welcome to all the MTNA members who are visiting this blog after attending the Free Piano Teaching Resources Online workshop given by Michelle Gordon on Tuesday. I am thrilled that Michelle decided to recommend this blog to you and wanted to take a few moments to tell you how to get the most out of this site and where to find relevant resources for teaching piano. In the interest of helping us all be resourceful with our limited time, I wanted to recommend that you do 3 things which will save you time and keep you informed about free resources on this blog.
1. Check out the Blog (Home tab). The blog is where you will keep up to date with piano news, music sales, teaching articles, interviews with composers, etc. Since 3-5 articles are posted each week, it is easy to miss the special offers, announcements, and free resources if you only visit periodically. To save you time, you can sign up to receive the blog posts via email at the end of each day. If you are familiar with RSS, you can also subscribe to this blog with RSS so that you never miss a post. If you would like to know more about RSS, visit this blog post.
Some of the recent blog posts include:
- Welcome MTNA Members! (This post currectly appears at the top of the home page.)
- Hal Leonard Teacher Discount-40% off
- Music Publishing: Paper or Digital?
- How Innnovation Happens at 3M (and how it relates to music teaching/publishing)
- Strengths (A Note from Chopin)
- Free Major/minor Triad Flashcards
- Review of Irish Celebration
- Encouraging Dynamic Playing (by Mary Jane Cope of University of California)
- Interview with Kevin Costley (questions sent in from teachers and students)
- And much, much more!
(Click the Home tab and scroll down to view these OR type into the Search box on the right.)
2. Explore the Wendy’s Piano Studio/Teaching Resources section. This section of the site contains free worksheets and resources for:
- Ear training
- Rhythm
- Flashcards
- Manuscript Paper
- Motivational Charts
- Puzzles
- Quotes
- Repertoire lists (pupil savers, duet music, trios, etc.)
- Staff and Keyboard Diagrams
- Theory
3. Email me to chat! I’d love for you to introduce yourself, tell me about your studio, and about what benefits you on this site. Your feedback is crucial in helping me develop new content as well as helping me be a better teacher and composer. I firmly believe in the concept of “sharpening the saw,” and I invite you to share your thoughts on the subject of teaching at any time.
There are more areas of the site that might be helpful to you and your studio like the Wendy’s Students section under the Wendy’s Piano Studio tab (which contains 7 levels of online games, worksheets, and activities to help students prepare for state exams) and the Store which lists my new music published by Hal Leonard.
Thank you for visiting!
Sincerely,
Wendy Stevens, M.M., NCTM
