Today I’d like your opinion on an important question - should we be putting our students through music theory exams? This article examines the pros and cons of theory exams for music students and describes two different experiences with it.
How does a student learn something, so that it becomes knowledge for life? We’ve been busily engaged this month putting the finishing stages to the Fun Music Company latest publication called “Printable Music Theory Books” which will be launched on Monday, 1st June. Leading up to the launch we are really interested in your opinion
The web can be an excellent resource for music teachers who need free lesson plans, sheet music, teaching ideas, classroom materials, and continuing education. The following 20 sites offer all of these resources and more: General Resources Fun Music Company Music Teaching Resources - One of the original and best archives of music teaching resources
Do you have ideas for classroom or studio music teaching? What about ideas for parents on aspects of music education? At the Fun Music Company we want to build an extensive library of resources, but we can't possibly write it all ourselves! We need input from others, and experiences from all over the world to
Teaching people with disabilities is such a rewarding experience that is enjoyed by everyone! I know this because I had the pleasure of teaching disabled children in the past. One of the schools I taught at described the job as "teaching children with delicate health" and the conditions ranged from autism, cerebral palsy to TB.
How to help young children to have fun and retain more in music. I had this question posted to me a few weeks ago and after careful research and consideration have posted this reply. I know this will be of value to many music teachers out there and although the answer is to address teaching
Using Music Fonts In Word Documents Have you ever needed to write a word document for your students and realized that you needed to add musical notation to it? Computers can all be a bit frustrating sometimes can't they! The other day I started to write a document in word and realized that it would
Instant Print Music Lessons Explained At the Fun Music Company we have been very excited over this past week to announce the launch of our newest website project called Instant Print Music Lessons. This package contains over 80 fun packed worksheets and puzzles which are ready to print in an instant and will be of
Earlier this week I posted about a competition which we are running at the Fun Music Company, where we are asking for contributions to a new bonus ebook called "The Music Teachers Survival Guide". This will be a bonus that is given away with some of our other products. Some people have emailed me, saying
Have you ever tried teaching musical terms needed for most piano lessons only to find you get nowhere very quickly? There are just some instances where it seems that no matter what you do, it is impossible to get good retention ready for those upcoming exams or tests and no matter how many times you