Grand Finale Focus Activity Today’s Grand Finale Focus Activity is a special post that concludes my blog series “The Number One Teaching Tool I Cannot Live Without.” I have prepared for you not just 1 but 2 videos! I’m super excited to feature a video by my fellow Texas colleague and a dear friend, Dorothy Yan. In this video, Dorothy shares one of the “Brain […]
Read Ahead App for Sightreading I have had Read Ahead app on my iPad for a while, however, I didn’t get a chance to explore how amazing it is until seeing it in action in MTNA conference a week ago. My student tried the app this week and after completing the first day sightreading project, she was […]
Wow… What an experience it was to attend such an inspiring and amazing Music Teacher National Conference at Baltimore last week. Even after many years of going to MTNA conferences, I still felt so motivated by being in the presence of so many devoted and famous teachers and pedagogues. Like a kid in a candy store, I was thrilled to […]
I am super excited to share “Hip-Hop (Focus Activity)” today. This fun activity can be applied on so many levels – from learning note values and subdivision and technique drill and percussion instrument fun all the way to playing solo and duet on piano. Let’s “hop” right in and see “Hip Hop” in action. This video packs all my […]
My Top Teaching Tool – Focus Activities This is the 3rd video in my series of “My number one teaching tool – Focus Activities.” Today’s one minute video features Coke-Pepsi. This video takes you from rhythmic echo activity to playing and improvising on the piano. Watch the video and find out how we add “Coke and […]
Why is “focus activities” my TOP teaching tool? The answer is simple. When a student is focused and engaged, the lesson is much more productive. Without student’s attention, even with the best lesson plan, very little can be achieved. Have you tried the focus activity “Up Down Upside Down” introduced in the previous blog? Are you ready […]