Whether you’re new to the planning process or just need a fresh approach, starting with a piano lesson plan template can be a big help. A great planning structure can allow you to see things from a new perspective and better understand your students’ learning journeys. In this piano lesson plan template, we start with…
Early advanced
Minterval Challenges
It’s one thing to recognise an interval on the page, but students need to be able to translate that to the keyboard. With the Minterval Challenges, the race is on to not only name the interval, but to play it anywhere on the piano. Who can work their way through all the interval cards in…
Simple Sparks
Simple Sparks are little creative nuggets that you can use to get your students improvising in online or in-person lessons. All of these prompts are independent improvisations so they do not require a teacher to play a duet to make them sound rich and full. How to USE Keep the Simple Sparks page on Vibrant…
Cake of Chaos
Feeling a little chaos coming on? Make a cake out of it with Cake of Chaos! The cards in this game interject a little musical silliness into lessons just when things feel like they’re getting out of control. Use this game year-round, or make it a fun tradition for celebrating your students’ birthdays! How to…
Web Wonders
One of the hardest things about doing online lessons as a vibrant teacher is that we don’t have access to our beautiful games library! This means we need to rethink a few things, for sure, but there’s no reason for online lessons to become dry and dull. Try out these games and bring the fun…
Recital Readiness Checklist
Stressing over your next recital? Simply download the Recital Readiness Checklist to easily plan your next event!
The Roman Trapeze
Advanced students often need lots of practice identifying the function of chords in any particular key signature, especially when those chords cross multiple staves or are inverted. The Roman Trapeze is a great game to work on that skill by reinforcing Roman numeral analysis, including chord inversions, as students swing their way from ring to…
Delicate Daydreams
Thinking about motif development can make many students shy away from improvisation. Delicate Daydreams provides just the structure needed to break through that hesitation, allowing even the youngest students to create lovely melodies by weaving together 2 motifs. If your student comes up with something especially clever, you may wish to build on that with…
Roman Rummy
The Roman numeral system, SATB writing, and major/ minor/ diminished chords: Three concepts, one game! Roman Rummy is the perfect game to help advanced students see how these three concepts come together. No togas required! How to Play Deal 5 cards to each player. (If you wish to play with more than 6 players you…
A Very Romantic Map
Get to know where some of the composers of the Romantic period were from and gradually conquer Europe. Plus open up a discussion about the Romantic period in general and the lives of these great composers. How to Play Players take turns to draw a card from the pile, find out where the composer was…