I’m a month into our fall term with now 4 online students and 11 in person, and thankfully, no students have gotten sick – at least not with Covid. If you’ve read my previous posts about my cleaning and masking protocols, I’m happy to say that’s working out well. I’m thrilled to have 6 beginners […]
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In Part 1 of my returning to in-person teaching posts, I discussed my cleaning protocols for keeping students safe from germs in the studio. This post will discuss policies that I’ve created for students/families. First of all, I continue to offer online lessons for anyone who wants them. It’s not my preferred way to teach,
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My county, as of 8/8/20 – Harvard Global Health Initiative Well, piano friends, the schools in my county have been back in session for a week now. The elementary schools are open a full 5 days/week, and the middle and high schools are doing a hybrid of in-person and online. All of my piano students
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UPDATE: I have a video about adjustable benches on my youtube channel. Check it out! Here’s a photo of one of my 3rd grade students. In the right side photo, she’s sitting at standard bench height with no foot stool, and in the left photo, she’s at the proper height with a stool for her
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Stock photo If you teach with any of the popular method books, you’ve had the following experiences. Student sits down at the piano and asks, “What position am I supposed to use?” before even looking at the notes on the page. Student comes back after a week of supposed work on a piece and says,
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A couple of weeks ago, I shared that I’m very excited to be going to the 88 Creative Keys educators conference with Bradley Sowash and Leila Viss in July. What neither of them knows is that my decision to go was strongly influenced by my recent purchase of Bradley’s book, Creative Chords, Bk. 1. I’ve
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When I was a young piano student, my teachers never asked me to improvise. There were no gold stars awarded for “doodling” – no certificates, recital trophies, or pins. So, I never did it. And that’s a shame. Bach “doodled” until he became so good at it that he could test out new organs by
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If you’d like to do a summer piano camp with your students who are ages 10-15, look no further! I’ve done all your planning! Piano Boot Camp: Special Ops has everything you need in a 22-page teacher guide and a 30-page student workbook that includes a personal journal and musical exercises. The only materials called
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Believe me, I’ve done a lot of work planning your summer piano camp! Especially, if you have students who are at least 10 years old and older! Last summer, I developed and field tested a summer camp curriculum with my own students, and this year, I’m making the lesson plans and student workbook available to
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Are you looking for something a little different to do with your piano students this summer? Are many of your students 10 years or older, and therefore, not as interested in the types of summer camp games and activities that excited them in previous years? I hope you’ll check out Piano Boot Camp: Special Ops!
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