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 [...]
Check out this interesting news article, reporting about a research study done on babies and their response to rhythm versus speech. Here’s the summary from another site reporting on the same research: Human infants are born to dance, researchers report online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Psychologists from the United Kingdom [...]
Just added: a new free worksheet, available on the Printables > Worksheets page: Hands & Fingers at the Piano This worksheet is suitable for use with new young beginners, either in the private lesson setting or in the classroom piano setting. (I would not recommend using this worksheet with older students, because there is only [...]
I’ve been digging around online lately, looking for early childhood music resources. (Yes, I’m sorry – I’m still on this kick!) Look what I found! TONS of great links: Songs / Sheet Music MakingMusicFun.com – free printable sheet music with lyrics of all kinds of children’s songs Kididdles.com – free printable sheet music, lyrics, with corresponding [...]
One of the reasons I’ve been considering offering early childhood music classes is because I am a firm believer in the strong relationship between music and movement. As an undergrad, I took two semester of Dalcroze Eurhythmics which I found incredibly useful. We learned movements that fit different meters and learned to respond expressively to [...]
Lately, I’ve been considering offering pre-piano music classes for children and their parents — someday, when I have a private studio in my home again (Right now, I teach piano privately through my university’s community music school.). My goal in providing these classes someday is to better prepare young children (think ages 0-5, especially) for [...]
Joy is a pianist and teacher in Ohio with great passion for helping students experience the wonders of music making!
