A couple of weeks ago, I came across a wonderful little online shop called The Practice Shoppe.
Leslie, the owner, is a Suzuki violin teacher/mom. She sells a variety of fun things in her shop to help make lessons and practice fun for students.
I ordered a few of her wonderful music dice, which are just begging to be used for some music games! I’ll be sharing about a new game tomorrow.
The 4-sided or 8-sided dice might be nice to keep near the piano when you want a student to repeat a “practice spot” a few times. Students can roll the dice to determine how many repetitions to do.
The black, 12-sided “Musician’s Dice” is perfect for quizzing scales/arpeggios once your students know all 12 keys.
I plan to use the “Music Notes 1” dice (pictured at the bottom of the photo) as an alternative to a regular dice. The sides have a whole note, dotted-half note, half note, quarter note, two eighth notes, and a quarter rest.
Leslie also has some items perfect for a prize box, if you use some kind of incentive program in your studio. In the photo above, you can see a couple of “spirit sticks” (keychains) and a cute music bracelet.
I also ordered a few Japanese puzzle erasers. I plan to use these as game markers for games with my students, such as the ever-popular Amazing Keyboard Race:
I was impressed with the quality of the items I ordered and will definitely be ordering again soon!
You can check out The Practice Shoppe by clicking here and visit their facebook page by clicking here.
Wonderful resource, thanks for sharing! I’ll be ordering soon!
Oh awesome! The musical dice and animals are SO cute!!
They’re even cuter in person! 😉