Laminating

An investment in a laminator happened! The studio has been a happening place lately - all kinds of fun new games and activities!
Here are a few favourites so far:

Note Value Practice

Theory Practice

Keyboard Printable!

Musical Meander!*

A HUGE thank-you from a great support group for ideas and printables!


**http://colourfulkeys.ie/musical-meander/

Note learning Game

This Game is fabulous! Learning their keys and the note values is so easy with this little gem!
Great work from Colorful Keys!!

 

Its also so great for group lessons! I have this in my student library as well as a game to take home.
Kids love to play and they don't even realize they are practicing!

Daily notes!

 Sight reading notes is always a great way to freshen up on our notes with beginner and intermediate students. Here are a few games that make the memorizing that much easier! 

http://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note

http://www.readmusicfree.com/grandstaffdefender.html

Preschool Group Classes

Yesterday was the first preschool class of the year and what a treat it was! The kids were great and so eager to learn.  Here is a little glimpse of the activities! My own kidlets posed for me for the demonstration.

Aiming to create staff recognition, students observed the spaces and lines.
The students then took turns placing a pompom a space or line as directed.

When prompted with a flashcard, students placed a button on it's match.

Sight Reading Help!

 Music Tutor Free App:

If there is anything I love more than music, its free stuff! (Ask my family... they think I'm crazy!)

Need help with your sight reading? This app is for you!
Parents, if your kids need practice on their notes, this free app is just what your kids need! It even has settings for each musical clef and a note range, and has timer options making it totally beginner-friendly!

Music Tutor Free

The App has several challenge levels
and encourages quick thinking and accuracy.

Happy sight reading!!

Making Learning Fun!

As a teacher, I am always looking for new and exciting ways to teach musical concepts. I am so thankful for the support and ideas of a group of fellow teachers from "Piano Teacher FunMakers!" that I have recently come into contact with! They have some great games and ideas that make learning (and teaching!) so fun! I thought I would share a few recent ones I've found here!

Musical Jenga! How fun is that!?

Learning notes! I've also seen this done with smarties!

Learning the fingers! These will be so great to send home and for beginners practice!

I can't wait to try these out with my students!