Technology

How to Make Custom Playlist Cards for a Yoto Player

Last week, I shared a review of the Yoto Mini, a screen-free audio player that has become an everyday fixture in my life as a parent and piano teacher. One of the best things about Yoto is how easy it is to create your own cards with custom playlists. Doing so allows me tailor listening for my kids and for the piano lessons I teach.

In this guide, you’ll find a clear, step-by-step process and two Canva templates to help you design artwork and build custom playlists for “Make Your Own” Yoto cards.

Why create “Make Your Own” Yoto cards?

Yoto offers hundreds of excellent audiobook and music cards. However, Yoto’s “Make Your Own” cards unlock additional possibilities that are personal, flexible, and fun. Here are examples of what you can do:

Continue reading “How to Make Custom Playlist Cards for a Yoto Player”
Resources

Database of Pieces in Classical Anthologies for Piano

Screen Shot 2013-10-29 at 1.01.48 PMI recently found out about a great resource by Bobbie Rastall, a piano teacher from Maryland.  Bobbie has an online database that allows teachers to search for a title or composer and see a list of which classical anthologies for students contain that piece of music.  What a great resource!

I have already put this database to good use.  I am planning to enter a couple of students in MDP/RCM exams again this year and I found it very helpful to be able to enter pieces from the list into this database to see a list of which books contain the pieces I was looking for.

Read more about Bobbie’s database here.