When students enter our studios, they usually arrive with some sort of baggage. Leftover and unprocessed feelings or emotions from the day, worries, stresses, fears. We often don’t see or hear about these issues, especially with students that are really good at “keeping it together”, but sometimes those feelings rear their heads during our weekly lessons with our students, causing…
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Valentine’s Day is almost here, and you might be scrambling to find the perfect idea for a Valentine piano party, special music lesson, or to treat your students to something unique that still reviews music while allowing them to have a ton of fun! It’s so easy to incorporate some fun Valentine’s Day activities and games into your piano lessons…
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The One Little Word concept was started by Ali Edwards, who is a designer, blogger, workshop instructor, and author. Ali says she “began a tradition of choosing one word for myself each January – a word to focus on, meditate on, and reflect upon as I go about my daily life.” You can read more about the One Little Word concept at…
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Hi there, friend! You probably weren’t expecting a piano teacher blogger to share recipes, right? Exactly. Me neither. But here we are! First of all, I want to emphasize the fact that I am NOT a food blogger, I just love to cook and prepare healthy and tasty meals and wanted to share some of them with you. Second, these…
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Happy Fall, Y’all! In October, my students participated in our biggest ever costume recital, complete with food, photos, and even some hilarious games! Spoiler alert – you’re going to get a few free downloads to help host your own fabulous recital! 😀 What did we do? To prepare for this recital, I used my trusty Recital Planning Checklist & Timeline,…
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When students are sight-reading, why should they learn to keep their eyes up and on the page and not on their fingers or the piano keys? There are a lot of reasons, but one of my favorites is that it increases fluency in reading music. Read on to learn how to help kids and beginners of all ages learn to…
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In recent months, I’ve heard a lot of teachers discussing and wondering how to help students play with emotion and feel their performances to create something magical. I wondered that myself for a very long time, and during my early years of teaching, I said things such as, “Play with feeling” or “Play with emotion” or “Play from your heart”…
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