Monthly Archives: January 2012

Musical Instruments Quizzing/Sorting game

By joy (admin) | Published: 31 January 2012

My Homeschool Class and my Piano Readiness Class both recently finished their Musical Instruments Workbooks.  We usually complete just two pages each class, so it took us awhile to get through it! Now that we’ve finished it, we’ve been playing a fun little sorting/quizzing game using the deck of instrument cards that came with my [...]

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Piano Valentine Craft (Printable & Tutorial)

By joy (admin) | Published: 30 January 2012

Today, I have a fun little printable and tutorial to share just in time for Valentine’s Day.

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Wednesday’s Words of Wisdom

By joy (admin) | Published: 25 January 2012
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Forum Q&A | Perfectionist Piano Students

By joy (admin) | Published: 24 January 2012

Last week, our Forum Q&A discussion was about saying goodbye to piano students before moving away.  Today, I’d love to hear your thoughts about students who are perfectionists.  We’ve all had them!  Sometimes they are so hard on themselves when it comes to making mistakes that they stop having fun.  They may even stop making [...]

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Humidity and My Piano

By joy (admin) | Published: 23 January 2012

Here in Ohio, the winter snow is finally upon us!  We were spoiled with an extraordinarily mild December, and only recently have have had a few inches of snow actually staying on the ground for more than a few days without melting. The snowy weather outside means, of course, that the air gets very dry indoors.  The [...]

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How I Lesson Plan for Group Classes

By joy (admin) | Published: 20 January 2012

I’ve had a few requests lately from readers regarding more info about what kind of activities I do with my Homeschool Music Classes and Piano Readiness classes, so I thought it might first be a good idea to first give you a peek into how I lesson plan for group classes.  Although I don’t lesson [...]

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Wednesday’s Words of Wisdom

By joy (admin) | Published: 18 January 2012
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Forum Q&A | Saying Goodbye to Piano Students Before Moving Away

By joy (admin) | Published: 17 January 2012

At our last Forum Q&A discussion, we talked about new year’s resolutions for piano teachers!  Click here to view the responses. Over the weekend, I received an email from a reader who is preparing to move and must say “goodbye” to all her students.  I’d love to start a discusion about piano teachers saying goodbye [...]

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Pictures from the Studio

By joy (admin) | Published: 13 January 2012

Thought I’d share a few photos of random things from the studio… Here’s a first composition created by one of my young students last week.  It’s called “Hush Little Squirrels.”  I love her inventive notation system!  You can see the black key groups of 2′s and 3′s pictured, and the L’s and H’s mean high [...]

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Wee Sing “Games, Games, Games”

By joy (admin) | Published: 12 January 2012

For Christmas, my friend and colleague Loretta gave me the Wee Sing “Games, Games, Games” book with music.  I’ve been using it with my Homeschool Music Class with great success!  We typically do a lot of sitting as we learn about composers, listen to music, and learn about the musical instruments.  So I always find [...]

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Wednesday’s Words of Wisdom

By joy (admin) | Published: 11 January 2012
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January Blog Roundup

By joy (admin) | Published: 10 January 2012

Today, I’ve got some blog links to share!  Here’s what I’ve stumbled upon recently… Leah’s “For Love of Piano” blog has moved, gotten a facelift, and a new name!  You will now found her blog at MyPianoPlayground.com.

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