This newbie activity is slightly more challenging than the Keyboard Builder. Using the Piano Builder students must recreate the full piano, matching the groups of two and three black keys as well as the B flat at the bottom. This is a great lead up to starting to learn some of the key names and about … Read more
Use the Keyboard Builder with your new piano students to help them find the groups of two and three black keys and understand the patterns of the piano keyboard. This is a great activity in particular for preschool piano students or students with special needs who need more direct practice of finding these patterns. How … Read more
In Spell-a-staff students fill in as many music words as they possibly can in the time. This is a wonderful way to practice note naming at a group lesson, without it feeling like a chore. Laminate the cards and use whiteboard/dry wipe markers so you can use the game again and again. How to Play … Read more
Young students need to move in order to really focus. Draw a Silliness Siesta card every time your student’s attention starts to drift – take the 2-3 minute break – and then get back to business at the piano. How to Use Use these cards whenever you feel your student’s energy and focus is starting … Read more
Drilling Italian music terms is not what most kids would call fun. But jumping around and trying to convey “Giocoso” to other students without words? Now that sounds like a hoot! How to Play Put all the cards in a hat or bag. Choose the first performer and ask them to draw a card from … Read more
The idea of Rhythm Vocab cards is to gradually build up a rhythm vocabulary with our students. When students have this vocabulary they won’t need to decipher and analyse each rhythm – it will instinctively come to mind. There are many ways to use these cards in your lessons and make them part of your … Read more
The idea of Rhythm Vocab cards is to gradually build up a rhythm vocabulary with our students. When students have this vocabulary they won’t need to decipher and analyse each rhythm – it will instinctively come to mind. There are many ways to use these cards in your lessons and make them part of your … Read more
The idea of Rhythm Vocab cards is to gradually build up a rhythm vocabulary with our students. When students have this vocabulary they won’t need to decipher and analyse each rhythm – it will instinctively come to mind. There are many ways to use these cards in your lessons and make them part of your … Read more
The idea of Rhythm Vocab cards is to gradually build up a rhythm vocabulary with our students. When students have this vocabulary they won’t need to decipher and analyse each rhythm – it will instinctively come to mind. There are many ways to use these cards in your lessons and make them part of your … Read more
This is a much more fun version of a note speller worksheet. The music words are on cards which can be drawn at random from a hat, and if you laminate the staff cards they can act as whiteboard that can be used again and again. Turn on a timer or add a competitor to … Read more