Tag Archives: piano teaching

My Summer Camp Plans for 2012!

By joy (admin) | Published: 7 February 2012

I recently started to do some in-depth planning for the summer camps I plan to offer this summer!  My studio policies provide students with two options for the summer months (June-August): Students ages 6-12 may participate in a camp each month plus take 5 lessons scheduled approximately every other week around family vacations, or… Students [...]

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DIY Floor Music Staff for $10

By joy (admin) | Published: 6 February 2012

I’ve been wanting a floor staff for a long time.  Now I finally have one!

Posted in beginners / elementary Level, composition, early childhood music, games, group keyboard classes, movement, music theory, piano camps, studio class / group lessons | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

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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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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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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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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First Thoughts Regarding Faber’s “My First Piano Adventure”

By joy (admin) | Published: 9 January 2012

As big of a fan as I am of Nancy & Randall Faber’s materials for piano students, somehow I’ve never had a chance to try out their “My First Piano Adventure” books — until now.  After trying out this book with a new 5-year-old student last week, I am wondering why in the world didn’t [...]

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Forum Q&A | New Year’s Resolutions for Piano Teachers

By joy (admin) | Published: 3 January 2012

I’ve already blogged a bit about my New Year’s Resolution.  Now it’s your turn! Our previous Q&A Forum brought about a great discussion about whether or not to lesson plan for piano lessons (and if so, how to feasibly do so even if you have a large studio).  Today, let’s start a discussion about what change you’d [...]

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