Piano Adventures 2B Lesson Plans and Activities

 Choose the link below for lesson plans and activities that correlate with Piano Adventures 2B. The theory, improvisation, and music and movement activities can be done in private lessons, group lessons, piano lab, or assigned for at-home practice.

6 Moon Walker and 5 C Landmarks

7 Captain Hook and 12 Bar Blues

8 Almost Like a Dream and Fermata

9 Gumdrop Factory and Ostinato

10 Cross Hand Arpeggios

12 Spanish Caballero and A Tempo

14 6th Hour and Interval of 6th

15 Boxcar Rumble and 6ths

16 The Great Clock and Improv

18 Shave and a Haircut and 1st/2nd Endings

19 C Major Scale

22 Jumpin Jazz Cat and DC Al Fine

24 Down by the Bay and I/V7 Chords

26 Ice Skaters and Waltz Left Hand

28 G Major Scale

30 Viva La France and Key Signatures

32 Camptown Races and I/V7 in G Major

33 Boom Boom and Accidentals

34 Horse Drawn Carriage and AB Form

37 Pedal Power and Syncopated Pedal

38 Beach Party and Ledger Line A

40 Riding the Wind and ABA Form

43 Pumpkin Boogie and Eighth Rest

44 Deck the Keys and Dotted Quarter Notes

46 Planet Earth and Cross Hand Arpeggios

49 Hey Ho Nobody Home and Lead Sheets

51 Lazy Chord Blues and Primary Chords

52 New World Symphony

54 Duke of York Strut and G Major Primary Chords

56 Canoeing in the Moonlight and Pianissimo

58 F Major Scale

60 Turkish March and F Major Key Signature

62 Latin Sounds and F Major Primary Chords

63 Aria and F Major Primary Chords

64 Auld Lang Syne and F Major Improvisation

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Piano Adventures 2B: Auld Lang Syne and F Major

 This post includes lesson plans for "Auld Lang Syne" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Choose a variation of Auld Lang Syne to listen to below as you label the chords in your music.

Celtic Woman Auld Lang Syne (similar rhythms/words, adapted melody)

Piano Adventures 2B: Aria and F Primary Chords

 This post includes lesson plans for "Aria" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Aria as you color the left hand chord pieces in your music.

Listen to the Classics for Kids podcast About Bach.

Piano Adventures 2B and Latin Sounds and Primary Chords

 This post includes lesson plans for "Latin Sounds" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Latin Sounds and you tap the rhythm with correct hands.

Click the link to listen to the Classics for Kids podcast about Spanish and Latin Music.

OR

Explore more about Spanish style music with Viss Get Inspired 21 Spanish/Latin Music.

Piano Adventures 2B: Turkish March and F Major Key Signature

 This post includes lesson plans for "Turkish March" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Choose a sample of Turkish March to listen to below.

Faber Piano Turkish March

 Piano Arrangement of Turkish March

Orchestral Arrangement

Choose a Classics for Kids podcast to listen to and learn more about Beethoven. Click the coloring Beethoven Coloring Page to color as you listen if you'd like. or explore more about Beethoven's life on the website Beethoven's Story Piano Adventures.

Piano Adventures 2B: F Major Scale

 This post includes lesson plans for "" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Theory

Watch the Thinking Theory F Major Scale.

Piano Adventures 2B: Canoeing in the Moonlight and Pianissimo

 This post includes lesson plans for "Canoeing in the Moonlight" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Canoeing in the Moonlight as you color the dynamic marks in your music and label the broken chords in each measure.

Piano Adventures 2B: Duke of York Strut and G Primary Chords

 This post includes lesson plans for "Duke of York Strut" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to The Duke of York Strut as you label/color the primary chords (I, IV, and V7) in  your music.

Piano Adventures 2B: New World Symphony

 This post includes lesson plans for "" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample and History

Listen to a version of New World Symphony below

Piano

Orchestral version of New World Symphony

New World Symphony Choral version

Listen to the  Classics for Kids podcast About Dvorak (Dvorak Coloring Page, MMF Dvorak Word Search).

Piano Adventures 2B: Lazy Chord Blues and Primary Chords

 This post includes lesson plans for "Lazy Chord Blues" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Lazy Chord Blues as you label the primary chords in your music.

Piano Adventures 2B: Hey Ho Nobody Home and Lead Sheets

 This post includes lesson plans for "Hey Ho Nobody Home" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Watch Hey Ho Nobody Home as you tap the rhythm of the melody.

Piano Adventures 2B: This Is My Planet Earth and Cross Hand Arpeggios

 This post includes lesson plans for "Planet Earth" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to This is My Planet Earth and the other patriotic versions below.

My Country 'Tis of Thee - Choir

God Save the King - Orchestra

Listen to the podcast Classics for Kids Patriotic Songs by Classical Composers to hear other patriotic inspired music or explore patriotic music with Leila Viss Get Inspired! Episode 10.

Piano Adventures 2B: Deck the Keys and Dotted Quarter Notes

 This post includes lesson plans for "Deck the Keys" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Deck the Keys as you tap the rhythms. 

Piano Adventures 2B: Pumpkin Boogie and Eighth Rests

 This post includes lesson plans for "Pumpkin Boogie" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Pumpkin Boogie as you tap the rhythm with the correct hand.

Piano Adventures 2B: Riding the Wind and ABA Form

 This post includes lesson plans for "Riding the Wind" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Riding the Wind and write creative labels for the A and B sections in your music that you think represent the sound of this piece. For example: Climbing? Wandering? Fluttering?

Piano Adventures 2B: Beach Party and Ledger Line A

 This post includes lesson plans for "Beach Party" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Beach Party as you color the chords.

I (C)- Red

vi (Am) - Purple

IV (F) - Blue

V (G) - Yellow

Piano Adventures 2B: Pedal Power and Syncopated Pedal

 This post includes lesson plans for "Pedal Power" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Watch Pedal Power and lift your toes up towards you on beat 1 and down on beat 2 to imitate the timing of the foot movements on the pedal.

Piano Adventures 2B: Horse Drawn Carriage and Binary Form

 This post includes lesson plans for "Horse Drawn Carriage" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Horse Drawn Carriage and write a creative title in your music above the A and B sections that represents what you hear in the music.

Piano Adventures 2B: Boom Boom and Accidentals

 This post includes lesson plans for "Boom Boom" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Boom Boom! as you color the accents in your music.

Piano Adventures 2B: Camptown Races and I/V7 Chord in G

 This post includes lesson plans for "" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Camptown Races as you color the I Chords red and V Chords yellow in your music

Piano Adventures 2B: Viva La France and Key Signatures

 This post includes lesson plans for "Viva La France" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Vive La France as you tap the rhythm of the piece.

Piano Adventures 2B: G Major Scale

 This post includes lesson plans for "G Major Scale" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Watch the Thinking Theory G Major Scale Video.

Piano Adventures 2B: Ice Skaters and Waltz Left Hand

 This post includes lesson plans for "Ice Skaters" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Ice Skaters as you tap the rhythm with correct hands.

Listen to Classics for Kids About the Waltz.

Piano Adventures 2B: Down by the Bay and I/V7 Chords

 This post includes lesson plans for "Down by the Bay" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Down By the Bay as you tap the rhythm with correct hands.

Piano Adventures 2B: Jumpin' Jazz Cat and D. C. al Fine

 This post includes lesson plans for "Jumpin' Jazz Cat" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Jumpin' Jazz Cat as you circle all of the C Major 1 8va scales and pentascales in your music.

Piano Adventures 2B: C Major Scale and Improvisation

 This post includes lesson plans for "C Major Scale" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to 

Piano Adventures 2B: Shave and a Haircut and 1st/2nd Endings

 This post includes lesson plans for "Shave and a Haircut" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Shave and a Haircut as you tap the rhythms. 

Watch the first 2 minutes of this video about the origin of Shave and a Haircut

Piano Adventures 2B: Great Clock and Improvisation

 This post includes lesson plans for "The Great Clock" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to The Great Clock as you tap the rhythms.

Piano Adventures 2B: Boxcar Rumble and 6ths

 This post includes lesson plans for "Boxcar Rumble" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Boxcar Rumble as you color the dynamics in your music.

Piano Adventure 2B: 6th Hour and Interval of a 6th

 This post includes lesson plans for "Sixth Hour" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Sixth Hour as you color the dynamics in your music.

Piano Adventures 2B: Spanish Caballero and A Tempo

 This post includes lesson plans for "Spanish Caballero" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Spanish Caballero as you label the broken chords in each measure filled with eighth notes.

Supplementary Music

The Dragon Hunt - Faber Performance 2B

Swingin' and Swayin' by Martha Mier - Favorite Solos Book 1

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Piano Adventures 2B: Cross Hand Arpeggios

 This post includes lesson plans for "Cross Hand Arpeggios" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Watch the Cross Hand Arpeggios Video

Piano Adventures 2B: Gumdrop Factory and Ostinato

 This post includes lesson plans for "Gumdrop Factory" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Gumdrop Factory as you tap the steady rhythm with the ritard at the end.

Listen to Classics for Kids “Music That Imitates Objects”

Piano Adventures 2B: Almost Like a Dream and Fermata

  This post includes lesson plans for "Almost Like a Dream" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Almost Like a Dream as you tap the rhythms.

Piano Adventures 2B: Captain Hook and 12 Bar Blues

  This post includes lesson plans for "Captain Hook" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Tap the rhythms as you listen to Captain Hook's Rockin' Party

Piano Adventures 2B: Moon Walker and C Landmarks

 This post includes lesson plans for "Moon Walker" in Piano Adventures 2B.

Music Sample

Listen to Moon Walker as you color the C's in your music.

High C Yellow- Stars

Treble C Light Blue - Sky

Middle C Green - Grass

Bass C Brown - Ground

Low C Dark Blue - Deep Blue C

Piano Adventures 1 Lesson Plans and Activities

Choose the link below for lesson plans and activities that correlate with Piano Adventures 1. The theory, improvisation, and music and movement activities can be done in private lessons, group lessons, piano lab, or assigned for at-home practice.

8 Firefly

10 Little River and Legato

11 Sailing in the Sun and Slurs

12 Ferris Wheel and Damper Pedal

14 Mexican Jumping Beans and Staccato

15 Haunted Mouse and Staccato vs Legato

16 Classic Dance and 3/4 Time Waltz

17 Young Hunter and Treble A

18 Skipping in Space and Treble FACE

19 Half Time Show and Treble FACE

20 The Lonely Pine and Hand Shifts

21 Li'l Liza Jane and Mezzo Piano

22 C's Rock and C Landmarks

23 Mozart's 5 Names and Treble CDE

24 Paper Airplane and Treble CDEFG

25 The Juggler and Crossovers

26 Traffic Jam 2nds and Interval of a 2nd

27 This is Not Jingle Bells and Interval of a 3rd

28 Kites in the Sky and 2nd/3rd

30 A Mixed Up Song and Interval of a 4th

32 Flute of the Andes and 8va

33 Runaway Rabbit and 4ths

34 Rain Forest and Interval of a 5th

35 Lightly Row and 5ths

36 Forest Drums and Half/Whole Rests

38 No Moon Tonight! and Rest Review

39 Grumpy Old Troll and Interval Review

40 Merlin's Wand and Sharps

41 Russian Sailor Dance and Sharps

42 Super Secret Agent and Flats

43 Party Song Flats/Crossovers

44 Boogie on Broadway Sharps/Flats

45 Scarf Dance and Double Treble

46 2 Note March and Tonic/Dominant

47 Girl/Boy on a Bicycle and Tonic/Dominant

49 Song for a Scarecrow and I Chord

50 My Pony and I Chord

51 Row, Row, Row Your Boat and Variations

52 London Symphony and V7 Chord

53 Jazzy Joe and Syncopation

54 Shepherd's Song and Ritardando

56 Bongo Drummers and G Landmarks

58 Dinosaur Stomp and Accents

59 Dreydl Song and Upbeats

60 The Bubble and Music Term Review

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Piano Adventures 1: The Bubble and Music Term Review

 This post includes lesson plans for "The Bubble" in Piano Adventures 1.

Music Sample

Listen to The Bubble as you color the dynamics in your music.

Piano Adventures 1: Dreydl Song and Upbeats

 This post includes lesson plans for "Dreydl Song" in Piano Adventures 1.

Theory

Watch the Upbeat Video to 1:30

Piano Adventures 1: Dinosaur Stomp and Accents

 This post includes lesson plans for "Dinosaur Stomp" in Piano Adventures 1.

Music Sample

Listen to Dinosaur Stomp as you color all of the accent marks red in your music.

Piano Adventures 1: Bongo Drummers and G Landmark Notes

 This post includes lesson plans for "Bongo Drummers" in Piano Adventures 1.

Music Sample

Listen to Bongo Drummers as you color the three G's different colors in your music.

Play along with the Bongo Drummers Duet.