Today marks the four-year anniversary of Color In My Piano! HOORAY! It’s been such an exciting year. THANK YOU all for your support and for making this blog such a fun place to share resources and ideas with each other. I can hardly believe Color In My Piano has been online for four years. The four randomly-chosen [...]
This has got to be one of the most-used DIY projects I’ve ever made! Music whiteboards cost a pretty penny in music catalogues, so I decided to make my own. I bought this 8.5×11” frame from IKEA for under $3. I chose one that had plexiglass instead of glass, so that I won’t have to [...]
Guess what! Next week, Color In My Piano will be 4 years old. How fun! In celebration, I would like to host a giveaway. FOUR lucky winners will have their choice of one of the composer lapbooks from the Color In My Piano shop. Here are the details: To enter the giveaway, please leave a comment [...]
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” – Vince Lombardi (Special thanks to Donna McLain for sending me this great quote!) Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or [...]
Every teacher approaches technique exercises a little bit differently. I usually start teaching students 5-finger patterns (aka pentascales) during the first month or two of study. I start by assigning the C Major 5-finger pattern (5FP) and sometimes G Major along with it. Every week or every-other-week, I add a new 5FP to their list, following the [...]
In the comment section of previous post, a reader asked for suggestions with helping a young student connect notes on the staff with their names and their corresponding piano key. I gave a response in the comment section, but thought I would share some of those thoughts with you all as a separate blog post! Sometimes, beginners [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day, my fellow teachers! A reader recently shared this photo on the Color In My Piano facebook page, of valentines created using last year’s printable design. Love it!! If you have photos of how your valentines turned out, I’d love to see them. :)
“To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.” – Aaron Copland Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or humor to the middle of your week. [...]
After finding the new Fun & Learn Music website last night, I simply had to share the link with you all. This website has a large variety of FREE music worksheets, organized by subject. The worksheets are clear and to-the-point, but also cute and fun for students. I will definitely be using many of these [...]
I have been receiving TONS of questions about my homeschool Music History Classes lately, so I decided to write a post that explains more about how I started and currently run the class. You may recall that my husband and I moved from Michigan to Ohio about a year-and-a-half ago. Starting up a new studio [...]
Remember the piano valentines I made last year? I was wasn’t planning to design a new music-themed valentine this year — but when inspiration struck, I just had to design it! Is it a heart, or is it a piano?! Well, it’s both! :) This design is simpler and easier to assemble than last year’s [...]
Last Saturday, I held another Piano Party for my students! These group classes are so much fun. My students really look forward to them! We started out with what I call the Rhythm Name game — it’s one of my favorites. Students should be seated in a circle. Each student must create a short rhythm that [...]
Joy Morin is a piano teacher in Ohio. She enjoys keeping her teaching fresh with new ideas & resources.
