With so many different elements to teach in music lessons, it can be challenging to fit it all in.  This year I've invited my piano stud...

Piano Teaching Lesson Plans: Sharps and Flats This post includes specific lesson assignment instructions for pieces in the Piano Adventures ...

Piano Teaching Lesson Plans: Introducing Intervals Using online piano lesson assignments including virtual links allows my students easy acc...

Adapting to Online Lesson Assignments One thing I love about teaching private piano lessons vs. group teaching is the way I can customize ...

Planning a well balanced piano teaching curriculum can be difficult because there are so many elements to consider as students began learnin...

Planning Piano Group Lessons Choosing a monthly focus topic for piano lesson not only simplifies lesson planning, but it also helps me e...

This session focussed on using technology during off bench time in your teaching studio and started with a rousing game of Kahoot!   Kahoot...

Part of my bedtime routine almost every night as a child was listening to a 30-minute cassette tape of music that we sang in church. The ...

While rounding up free Christmas themed resources and ideas that I have gathered over the years for my upcoming Christmas Piano Grou...

I am so thrilled to now have a specific room in my home dedicated to music teaching!  I was a little hesitant to move my piano out of our ...

 I recently completed my dedicated piano studio room and have been searching for the perfect piano themed decor to adorn my bare walls.  I...

Can you tell I love to play games with my piano students? You've probably seen my Game Resource List that lists links to most of m...

Ideally every student would be perfectly motivated to practice consistently for the sheer joy of making music and the intrinsic satisfaction...

I recently shared some of my favorite creative teaching tools and ideas at a class I taught at my local music store. I compiled the followin...

“ There are great challenges ahead of us, giant opportunities to be met. I welcome that exciting prospect and feel to say… ‘Give m...

It's not all black and white...a colorful approach to teaching! I love playing games with my students and have accumulated quite a f...

 In addition to the music software programs I've purchased for my lab (Music Ace, Midisaurus, Ear Training Expedition,  PBJ, etc.) the f...