Games & Activities for Piano Lessons

Category: Games & Activities for Piano Lessons

How to Use Spring Music Worksheets in your Studio

How to Use Spring Music Worksheets in Your Piano Studio

Looking for exciting, fresh new spring music worksheets for your beginner music students? Look no further than this incredible bundle of 67 music theory worksheets, all beautifully designed and ready to use at the touch of a printer. Read on to discover four ways to engage your students using these unique spring-themed worksheets covering notes, rests, intervals, keyboard geography, and more!
3 Ways to Implement Easy Music Worksheets this Spring

3 Creative Ways to Implement Easter Music Worksheets This Spring

Are you looking forward to spring and the new possibilities it holds for your studio, including implementing attractive Easter music worksheets for your piano students?  This beautifully designed bundle of activities will not only save you time (just print and go!) but can also be the springboard or follow-up to other musical Easter activities that will delight your students. Read on for some creative ways to use your Easter theory worksheets this spring!
Your Piano Students' Favorites Sight-Reading Games

Your Piano Students’ Favorite Christmas Sight-Reading Games

“Feed the Nutcracker” sight-reading and ear training games are a blast! Your piano students will love the novelty of feeding the nutcracker after they’ve successfully sight-read a short excerpt from Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet. Read on to discover three reasons you need this amazing, novel game in your music studio today!
Cheery Winter Music Worksheets for Teaching Theory

Cheery Winter Music Worksheets for Teaching Theory

Do your piano students need some bright and cheerful winter theory worksheets to encourage their review of essential theoretical concepts?  Here’s an incredibly economical bundle of four sets of worksheets, each designed to focus on one particular area of theory: note naming, intervals, rhythmic values, and notes on the keyboard. Read on to discover how these worksheets can save you time and enrich your students’ knowledge of these very necessary piano concepts.
The Best Rhythm Game for Teaching Rhythm Skills - Picnic Rhythm Game

The Best Rhythm Game for Teaching Rhythm Skills

The Picnic Rhythm Game introduces an accessible, fun, and memorable rhythm syllable system. It is a one-stop shop music rhythm game that covers rhythm patterns that a beginner through an early intermediate piano student needs to know.
A Merry Christmas Sight-Reading Game for Piano Lessons

A Merry Christmas Sight-Reading Game for Piano Lessons

Looking for new Christmas games to excite your piano students this holiday season? Your young students are sure to love playing a Feed the Nutcracker Christmas sight-reading game, and will ASK if they can do sight reading and ear training at their next lesson! Read on to learn more about these fun and educational games and how they can be used in group and private lessons.
7 Creative Activities for First Piano lessons

7 Creative Activities for First Piano Lessons

Are you looking for engaging and creative activities for first piano lessons that will wow your young beginners? In this blog post, I’ll be highlighting seven fabulous resources that are perfect to use during a beginner’s first few piano lessons, and sharing various ways to use these fun, yet essential resources and as a result, retain students longer!
4 Perfect Summer Piano Lesson Resources

4 Perfect Summer Piano Lesson Resources

Having specific summer piano lesson resources that can be used studio-wide, for every single student, regardless of level, makes planning so easy! Choosing a game such as the “Ledger Line Music Spelling Game” – a game that you might be too busy to play during the school year – gets students excited about summer piano lessons because it’s something fresh and fun (and beneficial).
Using Games to Teach Piano Students How to Improvise

Using Games to Teach Piano Students How to Improvise

Improvisation is a valuable skill for piano students to develop because it can enhance their creativity, musicianship, and confidence. By using games to teach piano students to improvise, you can help your students build their improvisation skills gradually, with a focus on having fun!

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Hi! I’m Melody Payne, a pianist and piano teacher, educational resource author, a fun-loving wife to the most wonderful and talented hubby I could ask for, and a lifelong learner who loves to share. I want to make your life as a music teacher easier by writing and sharing helpful and relevant music teaching articles, and by creating educational resources with your very own students in mind. If you are a parent who wants to enroll your child in piano lessons, I’d love for us to get started building those skills that can give your child a lifetime of musical enjoyment!

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