What are some fun and engaging ways you use to motivate your students or your child to practice? A parent of one of my students generously agreed to share some of her strategies. Let’s go visit her “piano playground” and have a wonderful “piano playtime” with squirrel, Zingo, school bus and more. 🐿 Sneaky Snacky Squirrel […]
October is “Power Practice Month” and our first practice tool is Bunny Bead Counter. Isn’t this adorable? One of my student made the bunny bead counter herself. She brought it to the lesson and proudly showed me her new piano pet friend. How creative! At home, she uses the bead counter to keep track of how […]
Give a Man a Fish, and You Feed Him for a Day. Teach a Man To Fish, and You Feed Him for a Lifetime. – Chinese Proverb My goal as a teacher is for students to become confident, happy and independent learners. I always joke that I look forward to the day that they will “fire me” – […]
Ever wonder how to keep child engaged for the entire lesson? How to give choices and ownership? Piano Puzzle Card can do all that and more. Last blog, I explored how to use Piano puzzle as a visual lesson plan tool. It is great for older students who understand the concept of completing a task and earning the matching puzzle. As for young students, because […]
It’s a piano puzzle. It’s a lesson plan tool for teacher. It’s a lesson road map for student. It’s a visual aid for student to make choices of lesson activities. It can also be transformed into a homework assignment sheet. Children are endless wonder to me – the amazing amount of information they are able to absorb and process (when they choose to focus), their […]
Baroque and Beyond Piano Camp What a great way to start summer! It warms my heart to hear students say “I wish piano camp would never end!” “This is the BEST music-related camp I have ever attended.” Countless hours of preparations and late-night works paid off when I saw the smiles on students’ face in the […]