In an attempt to better organize the games and resources, I’ve decided to go to a blog format. Hopefully it will be easier to get around and find ideas to help you in your music teaching.
Games are now categorized, and there is also a search function to quickly find specific files. You can also [...]
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Each year, children in the Church of Jesus Christ of [...]
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Nothing fancy with these! Just cards with the [...]
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This idea came from Natalie on the Yahoo Piano Teacher’s List, and I just had to post it here as well. These are some great ways to teach note reading that I can’t wait to try with my students. Read on for Natalie’s instructions:
“I just learned how to make note reading FUN! Kids forget it’s [...]
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This GREAT game idea was posted by Cecilly on the Yahoo Piano Teacher’s List. I have made up some ornaments with landmarks, and several variations that you can use.
Ornaments with Landmarks
All Notes on the Staff
Key Signatures
Simple Intervals
Letter Names – including sharps and flats
Christmas Stockings with Letter Names – Just for something different!
Here are Cecilly’s directions:
Just [...]
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With it’s several variations, this is a great game for Christmas group lessons where students are of different levels. A Christmas tree is adorned with musical alphabet ornaments. “Decorate” the tree by matching either the note on the keyboard, bass clef note, treble clef note, or key signature to the tree. Can [...]
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Mix up the rhythms from eight Christmas carols, and have students place them in the correct order. There is an assortment of rhythms from easy to more complex for many levels of students.
I also did up rhythms for two Hanukkah songs – My Dreidl, and Chunukah. For some odd reason, I made up these rhythms [...]
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This is just a simple little game you can mount to a [...]
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Every year, our local MTA has a Composition Festival. Students write, record, and turn in a piece for evaluation, then play their original works at a recital. In my studio, we use Finale’s Notepad, a free notation program students can download, or PrintMusic at the studio for the final printout of the composition.
Then, we take [...]
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I used rhythm cards like these just about every [...]
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