Practice Challenge To encourage more practicing of assigned pieces and pieces chosen to play for fun, I’ve designed this challenge for students to practice more than I do! Plus, it’s a reading challenge, because students are encouraged to sight read new pieces for fun! The children’s librarian in me is absolutely thrilled. The calendar for… Continue reading Beat Ms. Ellen
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Supplemental GAMES for EVERYONE
Games for learning music are super! Don’t read music as the parent? Ask me how you can play these with your kids! The Music Activity Board is an indispensable music-teaching aid. The magnetic board (which is also dry erase) shows the grand staff on one side and a diagram of a keyboard on the other.… Continue reading Supplemental GAMES for EVERYONE
Supplemental Flashcards for PRIMER & LEVEL ONE
Flashcards can be a great way to practice note recognition and more. They can also be turned into games. Ask me to choose the cards that work for your child’s level. We can add more cards as they learn new concepts! These new flashcards contain 80 cards featuring all the natural notes on the staff… Continue reading Supplemental Flashcards for PRIMER & LEVEL ONE
Recommended Piano Method for the Very Young
I like the Music for Little Mozarts series so much when working with students who are 3-5 years old. This series is play based and allows kids to move at the pace best for them. Might be slow, might be fast, and we might switch up the pace in between. There are several books in… Continue reading Recommended Piano Method for the Very Young
Get your student a Metronome!
I recommend that all students have a metronome that they can use in their piano lessons. If they have their own Apple device, you can download Metronome Ϟ which is a great metronome app. Here are a few options for purchasing a traditional metronome: This is the metronome sitting on my piano right now: Here… Continue reading Get your student a Metronome!
Piano Songs We Want to Learn
These are the songs my current students want to learn, using two of my favorite sites for downloadable sheet music, Sheet Music Plus and Virtual Sheet Music! I’ll be adding to this list as I hear from each of them, so they can get ideas from each other! Blinding Lights by the Weeknd Twinkle Twinkle… Continue reading Piano Songs We Want to Learn
Thought Provoking Reads 