Whether it’s engaging in physical activities, stimulating cognitive abilities, or practicing relaxation techniques, brain breaks offer numerous benefits.
Tending the Musical Garden: Nurturing our Students’ Musical Skills
Just like a garden, musical skills require regular care, exploration, and growth to flourish. Each step in nurturing is an important one as we teach our students to tend to their musical garden.
Choosing One Word to Inspire
Have you ever thought about choosing one word to inspire you throughout the year? They say about 8% of people actually achieve their New Years resolutions. That really doesn't surprise me. Of course, it all starts with good intentions, but as you know we can have good...
10 Year Blog Anniversary Celebration!
Mark your calendars for the 10 Year Blog Anniversary Celebration! This Friday from September 18-27th, you are invited to join me in our 10 year blog anniversary celebration! It wouldn't be a celebration without freebies and giveaways. Make sure you actively check your...
Adapting Your Recital Online
If your head wasn't already spinning from having to adapt to online lessons, the "hot topic" right now seems to have shifted to holding an online recital. Recitals are a ton of work as it is, and then to add in a whole new way of doing things, it can be major...
Positive Wins and Lessons Learned Teaching Online
Earlier this week I asked my email subscribers to let me know how they were doing and to share with me something positive they have learned or experienced during their time of distance learning so far with their students. As happy tears shed from my eyes reading each...
The Value of Yes! (Music Teacher Tip #26)
Today I wanted to talk about the value of saying yes! While it's tempting to say no all of the time, it really isn't in our best interest. Saying yes can have enormous value to not only others, but ourselves. When we say yes we... Open up doors Get out of our comfort...
Taking a Break Is Hard to Do
I recently took a few weeks off over the holidays from teaching. My goal for this break was to not do anything teaching, business or blog related and just enjoy family. I did great the first week! I had a few days before my daughter, husband and "granddogs" arrived....
Thankful for Music Because…
This month I wanted to showcase in my piano studio why we are thankful for music. So I created a photo prop and stuck it in a page protector and had my students write with a dry eraser marker why they were thankful for music. Then I took a picture of them and will be...
The Importance of Listening
One of the most important skills a student must have when practicing is to be able to listen. Have you ever had a student that can play through a piece and it sounds completely off? They might be playing in the wrong key, or wrong position or just missing all the...