Category Archives: piano camps

Just Added: “Listen & Sign” Game Printable

By joy (admin) | Published: 4 August 2010
Just added to the Printables page: “Listen & Sign” Game Printable This printable corresponds to the game originally described in this post – a game I used in a Piano Mini-Camp held about a month ago. This game is a nice and quiet game – but still loads of fun! – for students to play. [...]
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Music Theory at our Piano Mini-Camp (3/3)

By joy (admin) | Published: 26 July 2010
In continuation of a description of the music theory activities at our Piano Mini-Camp a few weeks ago, here are more details concerning the activities we used: Rhythm Dictation Game This rhythm dictation game by Natalie was a real hit with the students!  I printed off two sets of cards and put the students into [...]
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Music Theory at our Piano Mini-Camp (2/3)

By joy (admin) | Published: 23 July 2010
In continuation of the series about music theory at our piano mini-camp, here are the descriptions of a few more of the activities we did: Music Adventures Board Game In my music theory classes, one of my goals was to cover as many areas within the broad scope of “music theory” as I could.  The [...]
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Music Theory at our Piano Mini-Camp (1/3)

By joy (admin) | Published: 22 July 2010
As promised, here’s more about the Music Theory classes at our Piano Mini-Camp a few weeks ago.  I didn’t create formal lesson plans per-se, but the next three posts will serve as a general outline of the activities we did over each of the three camp days. Gem Notes on the Keyboard & Staff Using [...]
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Opening Piano Mini-Camp Activities

By joy (admin) | Published: 16 July 2010
Each day at our piano mini-camp, we opened the day with an opening activity that involved all 11 of the campers together before sending them off in their individual groups to their first class. On the first day, the opening activity was to create name tags to wear.  My colleague found foam sheets that she [...]
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Summer Piano Mini-Camp

By joy (admin) | Published: 13 July 2010
Last week, a colleague of mine and I held a summer piano mini-camp with the help of our piano professor.  Here’s what we did: We planned to hold the camp on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 12:30 – 2:30pm. Application forms were sent to all the piano teachers who are members of our local chapter [...]
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Just Added: Scales & Primary Chords Worksheet 1 (CGDF)

By joy (admin) | Published: 21 June 2010
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A Peek into the Incentive Program Prize Box

By joy (admin) | Published: 3 June 2010
Here’s a peek into the prize box I use for my incentive program.  In case you haven’t read about my incentive program before, here’s the lowdown:  I create an index card for each student, and when they pass a song, they are given a point/sticker for every page of the song learned.  They can also [...]
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May 20-27 Free Giveaway: Drawing Music Symbols Boards

By joy (admin) | Published: 20 May 2010
I am excited to announce the first ever free giveaway on the Color In My Piano blog!  *drumroll…* THREE lucky winners will each be mailed a pair of laminated boards for learning and drawing music symbols.  (You may recall when I blogged about these boards here. I am keeping my set, of course, but I [...]
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Group Piano Class Ideas

By joy (admin) | Published: 30 March 2010
I recently came across this great video/podcast on Mario Ajero’s YouTube channel: an interview with pianist and piano pedagogue Dr. Julie Knerr.  Both Maria Ajero and Julie Knerr are graduates from University of Oklahoma’s widely recognized piano pedagogy program.  In this video, Dr. Knerr shares some of her game ideas for her group piano classes [...]
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