Today I have a question for you! What is the format that you use or that you would expect from a music lesson plan for high school? I started thinking about this and then thought... Why don't I ask everyone on this page, and everyone can leave comments on their practice and experience in this
Here's a little music game that really works well with small groups of preschoolers to elementary school children. The game is called "Notes to Riches" and it is what it sounds like - MONEY! All you need is some $1 bills play money - go and raid your old monopoly set or make some with
It's easy to find out there are 88 keys on a standard piano, and of those 88 keys you have 36 black keys and 52 white, but how do you get your students to remember and more importantly - how do you make it fun? Here are some ideas - Hope you find them useful Idea 1:
Music Trivia If you're like me then you love to find out new and interesting music trivia and facts that will make people sit up and listen - it may be a group of students or even at your next dinner party making general conversation. The fact is it doesn't matter what you use it
Just a quick one today - to let you know about my Husbands website - www.ktpercussion.com Kevin is a really established percussion teacher, and has done heaps of work composing works for percussion that really work in a school situation. One of the things that he has successfully done over the years is create ensembles
I've had many challenges as a music teacher ! Getting students to practice was one of my main ones - I found that if students didn't practice then they eventually quit lessons. Attracting enough students when my husband and I started in our full time commercial music school was another! Another Challenge I see with
There is something about the word “game” that motivates children and adults alike. When you say “lets do some work now” how does that compare to “lets play a game now” – I’m sure you’ll agree the differences in enthusiasm are enormous. I am excited to tell you that there is an excellent article called "Come Play"
Are you looking for some easy and fun April fools day jokes for music teachers? Coming up this week is April 1st – that crazy morning where April fools Day Jokes are all the rage! Putting a little harmless practical joke into your music class on April the 1st will create rapport and
I set out today to find the best music education blogs so that I could link on this site. I've found something even better! - There is a campaign being run by Joseph Pisano and friends to get 100 Music Education Blogs happening by January 2009.. So Music Educators - Start Blogging and Join the
Did you know the single best way to improve your income as a music teacher? It is to improve your retention rate. If you had a 25% decrease in the number of students you lost in a year, would that make a difference to your income? Absolutely it would! Lets say you had 50 students